Sabah Malay

E288594
Malay dialect regional language variety

Sabah Malay is a regional Malay dialect spoken in the Malaysian state of Sabah, characterized by distinct vocabulary, pronunciation, and influences from local indigenous and immigrant languages.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sabah Malay canonical 7
Bahasa Sabah 1
Sabah Malay dialect 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Malay dialect ⓘ
regional language variety ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
differsFrom Bruneian Malay ⓘ
surface form: Brunei Malay

Malay ⓘ
surface form: Indonesian Malay

Malay ⓘ
surface form: Standard Malay
hasAlternativeName Sabah Malay ⓘ
surface form: Bahasa Sabah

Sabah Malay ⓘ
surface form: Sabah Malay dialect

Sabah Malay ⓘ
surface form: Sabahan Malay
hasCharacteristic code-switching with other local languages ⓘ
distinct pronunciation from Standard Malay ⓘ
distinct vocabulary from Standard Malay ⓘ
regional slang forms ⓘ
hasFeature distinct intonation patterns ⓘ
lexical borrowing from immigrant languages ⓘ
lexical borrowing from indigenous languages ⓘ
phonological simplification compared to Standard Malay ⓘ
regional colloquialisms ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticRole marker of Sabahan identity ⓘ
influencedBy Bajau language ⓘ
surface form: Bajau languages

Bruneian Malay ⓘ
surface form: Brunei Malay

Chinese varieties in Sabah ⓘ
English ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
surface form: Indonesian Malay

Kadazan Dusun language ⓘ
surface form: Kadazan-Dusun languages

Philippine languages ⓘ
immigrant languages in Sabah ⓘ
local indigenous languages of Sabah ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
Malayic languages ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
partOf Malaysian Malay dialect continuum ⓘ
primaryFunction oral communication ⓘ
region Sabah ⓘ
spokenIn Malaysia ⓘ
Sabah ⓘ
status non-standard variety of Malay ⓘ
subclassOf Malay ⓘ
surface form: Malay language

Malayic language variety ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in Sabah ⓘ
usedBy multiethnic communities in Sabah ⓘ
usedIn daily conversation ⓘ
informal communication ⓘ
local media ⓘ
social media in Sabah ⓘ
usesScript Roman script ⓘ
surface form: Roman alphabet
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sabah → commonLanguage → Sabah Malay ⓘ
Sandakan → languageUsed → Sabah Malay ⓘ
Sarawak Malay → closelyRelatedTo → Sabah Malay ⓘ
Bruneian Malay → closelyRelatedTo → Sabah Malay ⓘ
Sabah Malay → hasAlternativeName → Sabah Malay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sabahan Malay
Sabah Malay → hasAlternativeName → Sabah Malay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bahasa Sabah
Sabah Malay → hasAlternativeName → Sabah Malay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sabah Malay dialect
Tenom → hasLanguage → Sabah Malay ⓘ
Lahad Datu → hasLanguage → Sabah Malay ⓘ
Tawau → commonLanguage → Sabah Malay ⓘ