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IDAHAN (IDA'AN)

IDA'AN (ERAANS, BULUD UPI, IDAAN, IDAHAN, IDAN, IDAYAN) [DBJ] 6,000 (1987 SIL), including 1,500 Begahak. East coast of Sabah, Lahad Datu, Kinabatangan, and Sandakan districts. Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo, Northwest, Sabahan, Ida'an. Dialects: BEGAK (BEGAHAK, BAGAHAK), SUBPAN (SUPAN, SUNGAI), IDA'AN. Not closely related to other languages. Ida'an, Sungai: Muslim; Begak: Christian, traditional religion. Bible portions 1987. Work in progress.

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