Ganaʼ language explained

Gana
Also Known As:Ganaq
States:Malaysia
Region:Sabah
Ethnicity:2,000 (2013)
Speakers:250
Date:2013
Ref:e19
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:North Bornean
Fam4:Southwest Sabahan
Fam5:Murutic
Fam6:Northern
Iso3:gnq
Glotto:gana1277
Glottorefname:Gana
Script:Unwritten; informal Latin

Gana (Gana, Ganaq) is an Austronesian language of Sabah, Malaysia.

Since Gana and Kujau, a Dusunic language, are both spoken in and around Keningau town, Gana has a significant proportion of Dusunic loanwords, although it is originally a Murutic language.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Lobel . Jason William . Philippine and North Bornean languages: Issues in Description, Subgrouping, and Reconstruction . 2013 . Ph.D. . University of Hawai'i at Manoa . 395.