{{Short description|Austronesian language family of Borneo}} {{Infobox language family |name=Murutic |region=Sabah and North Kalimantan, Borneo |familycolor=Austronesian |fam2=Malayo-Polynesian |fam3=Greater North Bornean? |fam4=North Bornean? |fam5=Sabahan? |fam6=Southwest |child1=Murut proper |child2=Tagol Murut |child3=Timugon Murut |child4=Bookan Murut |glotto=grea1294 |glottorefname=Greater Murutic }}
The '''Murutic languages''' are a family of half a dozen closely related Austronesian languages, spoken in the northern inland regions of Borneo by the Murut and Tidung.
==Languages== The Murutic languages are:<ref>{{cite web| editor-last1= Hammarström| editor-first1 = Harald| editor-last2 = Forke| editor-first2 = Robert| editor-last3 = Haspelmath| editor-first3 = Martin| editor-last4 = Bank| editor-first4 = Sebastian| year = 2020|title = Greater Murutic | work = Glottolog 4.3| url = https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/grea1294}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lobel |first=Jason William |title=Philippine and North Bornean languages: issues in description, subgrouping, and reconstruction (PhD dissertation) |date=2013 |publisher=University of Hawai'i at Manoa |location=Manoa}}</ref> *'''Murut proper''' Timugon Murut and Tagol Murut *'''Murut dialects''' Keningau Murut, Beaufort Murut (Binta’), Tabalunan/Serudung Murut, Selungai Murut, Sembakung Murut, Okolod, Bookan, Tanggala Murut, Paluan, Agabag/Tinggalan Murut.
*'''Tidung language''' Burusu, Kalabakan, Nonukan Tidong, Sesayap Tidong
Tagol Murut is commonly used and understood by a large majority of the Murut peoples.
Lobel (2013)<ref>{{Harvard citation|Lobel|2013|p=360}}</ref> also lists the languages Abai Sembuak, Abai Tubu, and Bulusu (all spoken near Malinau town in North Kalimantan) as Murutic languages. On the other hand, Abai Sungai, spoken in eastern Sabah, is a Paitanic language.
===Lobel (2016)=== Lobel (2016) covers the following Greater Murutic languages, including Tidong:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lobel |first=Jason William |title=North Borneo sourcebook: vocabularies and functors |date=2016 |publisher=University of Hawaiʻi Press |isbn=978-0-8248-5779-0 |series=PALI Language Texts: Southeast Asia |location=Honolulu}}</ref> *Tatana *Papar *Murut Nabaay *Ganaʼ *Murut Timugon *Murut Paluan *Murut Tagol *Kolod *Western Tingalan *Eastern Tingalan *Murut Kalabakan *Abai Sembuak *Abai Tubu *Bulusu *Tidung Bengawong *Tidung Sumbol *Tidung Kalabakan *Tidung Mensalong *Tidung Malinau
==Innovations== Lobel (2013)<ref>{{Harvard citation|Lobel|2013|p=367}}</ref> lists the following Murutic phonological innovations. (Note: PSWSAB stands for Proto-Southwest Sabahan, while PMP stands for Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.) *PMP/PSWSAB *R > *h / __ V (except after *ə, where it had already shifted to *g in PSWSAB). Subsequently, Proto-Greater Murutic *h > Ø occurred in all daughter languages except Papar. *PMP/PSWSAB *R > *g / __ # *PMP/PSWSAB *aw > *ow; *ay > *oy *PMP/PSWSAB *iw > *uy *PGMUR *g- > Ø after the adjectival prefix *ma- *PMP/PSWSAB *ə > *a in non-final syllables, except in the environment *_Cə, where it is reflected as /o/
==References== {{reflist}}{{Bornean languages}} {{Greater North Borneo languages}}
Category:Murutic languages
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