The Dusun (Sabah, Malaysia) and Bunun (Taiwan) connection?

Salaam readers,

I have written about the similarities that exist between the Malay and Dusun ethnic. You may refer to the previous entry HERE. Do you have any suggestions on that matter? This time we will see the similarities that may exist between the Dusun and the Bunun ethnic (Taiwan). I got the information from THIS resource and thought of sharing it with you.

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Years ago, I heard talks about how KadazanDusun’s culture and rituals are quite similar to that of a tribe in Taiwan. It suggested a possible common ancestry. I thought nothing more of it but today, perhaps I got too much free time on hand, I revisited that theory. Surfed the net, read articles, read forums. 

From herein, I will refer KadazanDusun as Dusun because the former is long and I’m too lazy to type long names. In anycase, KadazanDusun is a recent coinage, a marriage of the tribe name of Kadazan and Dusun by our leaders for unification purposes. I’m not here to discuss kadazanDusun, if you want to know more about the background of the name, I suggest you visit Kadazan Dusun Cultural Association’s website.

Malay and Dusun

Hi all,

Have you ever think or imagine about the similarities between Malay and Dusun? Come to think about this, the origins of the Malay language has yet to be confirmed by historians. However there is some historical evidence that attempts to link the origins of the Malay language. I’m interested in the origin of native tribes of Borneo or Kalimantan, and has made study via internet and books about tribes and its relation to Austronesian Malayo Polynesian. Language is one of the most important tools in Malay tradition, also known as Austronesian Malayo Polynesian. Many basic words in the language have similarities or close relationship with the native Malay language which has not been influenced by Sanskrit as Southeast Asia which was controlled by explorer from India, or the Arabic language brought by Arab traders, or the Chinese language, Portuguese and many others.

There are researches that suggest about who the real Malay is. Could it be the Borneon?

Here, check this out.