Ida'an language

Ida’an
Native to	Malaysia
Region	Lahad Datu, Kinabatangan, and Sandakan districts of Sabah
Native speakers	10,000 (2013)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean Northeast Sabahan Ida’an
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dbj
Glottolog	idaa1241

The Ida'an (also Idahan) language is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Ida'an people of Sabah, Malaysia. The language has a long literary history, the first known writing in Idahan language was a manuscript dated 1408 A.D. The Jawi manuscript gives an account of an Ida'an man named Abdullah in Darvel Bay who embraced Islam and became one of the earliest known regions in Malaysia to embraced Islam.

Varieties

Lobel (2016) lists Sungai Seguliud and Begak as Idaanic languages (language varieties closely related to Ida'an proper). The Begak dialect is threatened with extinction, as younger speakers are switching to Malay.

Phonology

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

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e	ə	o
Low		a

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	Voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ
	Voiced	b	d		ɡ
Affricate	Voiceless			tʃ
	Voiced			dʒ
Fricative			s
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Lateral			l
Trill			r
Semivowel		w		j

References

• 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.