Paitanic languages explained

Paitanic
Region:	Sabah
Familycolor:	Austronesian
Fam2:	Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:	North Bornean
Fam4:	Southwest Sabahan
Fam5:	Greater Dusunic
Glotto:	pait1248
Glottorefname:	Paitanic

The Paitanic languages are a group of languages spoken in Sabah (Borneo) Several go by the name Lobu.

Languages

The Paitanic languages are:

Tombonuwo, Kinabatangan, Abai Sungai, Serudung.

Dumpas may also belong here. Furthermore, Lobel (2013:399-400) classifies Murut Serudung as a Paitanic language.

Lobel (2016)

Lobel (2016) covers the following Paitanic languages:

• Sungai Beluran
• Lingkabau
• Lobu Tampios
• Lobu Lanas
• Sungai Kuamut
• Murut Serudong

References

• Lobel, Jason William. 2013. Philippine and North Bornean languages: issues in description, subgrouping, and reconstruction. Ph.D. dissertation. Manoa: University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
• Lobel, Jason William. 2016. North Borneo Sourcebook: Vocabularies and Functors. University of Hawaii Press.