Coastal Kadazan language

Coastal Kadazan
Coastal Kadazan
Boos Kadazan (Bo'os Kadazan)
Dusun Tangara
Native to	North Borneo (East Malaysia)
Region	Sabah and Federal Territory of Labuan
Ethnicity	220,000 Kadazan people (2018)
Native speakers	(undated figure of 200,000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian North Bornean Southwest Sabahan Dusunic Dusun Central Dusun Coastal Kadazan; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Standard forms	Kadazandusun;
Official status
Recognised minority; language in	Malaysia (as Kadazandusun)
Regulated by	Multiple (?):; Kadazandusun Cultural Association Sabah; Kadazandusun Language Foundation; United Sabah Dusun Association; Kadazan Society Sabah;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dtp
Glottolog	coas1294

Coastal Kadazan, also known as Dusun Tangara, is a dialect of the Central Dusun as well as a minority language primarily spoken in Sabah, Malaysia. It is the primary dialect spoken by the Kadazan people in the west coast of Sabah especially in the districts of Penampang, Papar and Membakut (sub-district of Beaufort).

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