PEOPLE OF TAWAU | Bugis | Bajau | Chinese | Iban | Indian | Murut | Orang Cocos | Tagahas | Tidong |
TIDUNG / TIDONG
(CAMUCONES, NONUKAN, TEDONG, TIDOENG, TIDONG, TIRAN, TIRONES, TIROON, ZEDONG) [TID] 9,800 in Sabah (1982 SIL); 25,000 in all countries (1981 Wurm and Hattori). Sabah, Labuk-Sugut, Sandakan, and Tawau Districts. Population center is along northeast coast of Kalimantan, Indonesia. Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo, Northwest, North Sarawakan, Dayic, Murutic, Tidong. Dialects: TARAKAN (TERAKAN), SESAYAP (SESAJAP).
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