Today's Dusun Version Revised

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Buuk Do Kinorohingan

Today’s Dusun Version Revised (DTPBSM)

Overview

The Buuk Do Kinorohingan (Today’s Dusun Version Revised) is a complete Bible in the Kadazan Dusun language, published in 2007 by the Bible Society of Malaysia (Pertubuhan Bible Malaysia). [1] It serves the largest indigenous ethnic group in the Malaysian state of Sabah, on the island of Borneo. Portions of the Bible in Dusunic languages have existed since 1975, and work on this standardized Dusun translation was initiated around 2001. [2] The publication uses the standard Kadazan-Dusun language based on the central Bundu-Liwan dialect, which was selected for its mutual intelligibility across Dusun and Kadazan dialect groups. [3]

Translation History

Bible translation into the Dusunic languages of Sabah has a history stretching back to the mid-twentieth century, shaped by the growth of Christianity among the Kadazan-Dusun people through missions such as the Basel Christian Church of Malaysia (BCCM) and the Borneo Evangelical Church (SIB, Sidang Injil Borneo). [2] The 1990 publication of an earlier Dusun Bible translation was received with mixed reactions in the community. [4] The 2007 revised edition represents a fresh translation effort aimed at reaching the diverse Dusun-speaking sub-groups through a standardized literary form of the language.

Language and People

Kadazan Dusun (ISO 639-3: dtp) is spoken by approximately 556,000 people in Sabah, Malaysia. [Glottolog: cent2100] The Kadazan-Dusun people are the largest indigenous group in Sabah and comprise over 30 sub-ethnic groups, each speaking a somewhat different dialect of the Dusunic language family. [3] Under the efforts of the Kadazandusun Cultural Association Sabah, the standard written form is based on the central Bundu-Liwan dialect spoken in the present-day districts of Ranau and Tambunan, chosen for being the most widely understood across dialect groups. [3]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Bible Society of Malaysia. Copyright 2007, Pertubuhan Bible Malaysia.

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