Iranun of Sabah
Language & Culture of an Endangered Minority in Sabah


Edited by James U. H. Chin & Karla J. Smith
November 2010
Pelanduk
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ISBN: 9789679789690
228 pages, Illustrated
42.50 Paper original

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The Iranun, an ethnolinguistic group in the Malaysian state of Sabah (previously North Borneo), are people whose orgins and pre-colonial histiory remain a mystery. For most of their recent history, their identity has been attributed to them by outsiders. Their traditional textile forms have been absorbed and acculturated by other groups.Their material, culture, musical instruments and clothing, have been adopted by others. Even their horsemanship has been credited to another ethnic group in Sabah

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