Ida'an language

Ida’an
Spoken in	Malaysia
Region	Lahad Datu, Kinabatangan, and Sandakan districts of Sabah
Native speakers	~6,000 (date missing)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Bornean ? Sabahan Ida’an; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dbj
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The Ida'an (also Idahan) language is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Ida'an people of Sabah, Malaysia.

Begak^{[clarification needed]} is threatened with extinction, as younger speakers are switching to Malay.

[edit] Phonology

Collection of words in English and translation in Ida'an, Bisaya and Adang Murut (Lun Bawang) in 1860 by Spencer St.John.

Goudswaard, Nelleke Elisabeth (2005). The Begak (Ida'an) Language of Sabah. Utrecht Institute of Linguistics / LOT Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistic. ISBN 90-76864-73-X.