When the British first came to the northern part of Borneo, they found that the Kadazan (Dusun) were the most numerous people living there. The 20th century saw them becoming a minority.
Apart from this, their very identity is under siege. The Kadazan (Dusun) language is not spoken much among the younger generations. The majority cannot understand the language.
Language is the main identification of a any particular race.
Will the Kadazan-Dusun language end up in an archive to be referred by future generations who lament the loss of their language and identity as a people?
(Kadazan Version:)
(Ontok nopo di koikot kumoinsan nogi o Bolitis id ponong koibutan Borneo, no-ium diohó do Kadazan (Dusun) no ii togumú no kozo tuhun do poingizon doihó. Natusan toun ko-duvo ngoopod nokokito diohó do nadadi do nokokudi mantad di tinaú suvai.
Suvai mantad diti, kointutunan diohó maso songodon. Boos Kadazan (Dusun) aú gunoon do kogumuan sinakagon vagu songian moboos. Kogumuan do aú kalati do boos diti.
Boos no ii kopogintutunan koisó do toisó-isó tinaú.
Adadi naku do opupusan doid arkaif ii boos Kadazan-Dusun montok kopongihaan di sinakagon ngaavi do mikot ii mogiab sabab no do natagak no ii boos om kointutunan diohó sabaagi tuhun poimpidan mantad tinaú suvai?)
(á, í, ó, ú: Lahan mangait - tuutulus do tumood.)
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