Editing Sabah (section)

=== Languages ===
[[Malay language|Malay]] is the main language spoken in the state, although with a different [[Sabah Malay|creole]] from [[Sarawak Malay]] and Peninsular Malay.<ref>{{cite book|author=Asmah Haji Omar|title=Languages in the Malaysian Education System: Monolingual Strands in Multilingual Settings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iaQ0CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT53|year=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-36421-4|page=53}}</ref> The state has its own slang for Malay which originated either from indigenous words, [[Brunei Malay]], [[Sama–Bajaw languages|Bajau]], [[Suluk language|Suluk]] and [[Dusun language|Dusun]] languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5575/2/2.Chapter_1.pdf|title=The Sabah Malay Dialect: A Phonological Study of The Urban Dialect of Kota Kinabalu City|author=JKL Wong|publisher=University of Malaya|year=2012|access-date=25 June 2016|page=7/11}}</ref> The indigenous languages of Sabah can be divided into four language families of [[Dusunic languages|Dusunic]], [[Murutic languages|Murutic]], [[Paitanic languages|Paitanic]] and [[Sama–Bajaw languages|Sama–Bajau]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flyingdusun.com/004_Features/018_Languages.htm|title=Languages of Sabah|author=Herman Scholz|publisher=Flying Dusun|year=2003|access-date=25 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625045918/http://www.flyingdusun.com/004_Features/018_Languages.htm |archive-date=25 June 2016}}</ref> The indigenous languages however facing extinction due to widespread use of Malay language particularly in home as parents often see the indigenous language as inconvenient especially in job related. However, as awareness for the indigenous language becoming more obvious, more modern parents insist on passing down their mother tongue language.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://dailyexpress.com.my/read.cfm?NewsID=2671|title=The KadazanDusun language dilemma|newspaper=Daily Express|date=1 October 2017|access-date=14 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314070418/http://dailyexpress.com.my/read.cfm?NewsID=2671|archive-date=14 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.borneotoday.net/native-tongues-in-decline-but-all-is-not-lost/|title=Native Tongues in Decline But All is Not Lost|newspaper=Borneo Today|date=20 June 2020|access-date=14 March 2022|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314070737/https://www.borneotoday.net/native-tongues-in-decline-but-all-is-not-lost/|archive-date=14 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thesundaily.my/local/danger-of-minority-languages-going-extinct-EN8935710|title=Danger of minority languages going extinct|last=Supramani|first=Shivani|newspaper=The Sun (Malaysia)|date=20 June 2020|access-date=14 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314071259/https://www.thesundaily.my/local/danger-of-minority-languages-going-extinct-EN8935710|archive-date=14 March 2022}}</ref> As the [[Hakka]] forms the majority of Chinese in Sabah, the [[Hakka dialect]] is the most commonly spoken [[Chinese dialect]] in the state apart from [[Cantonese]] and [[Hokkien]] dialects.<ref>{{cite book|author=Delai Zhang|title=The Hakkas of Sabah: A Survey of Their Impact on the Modernization of the Bornean Malaysian State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W3JwAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Sabah Theological Seminary|isbn=978-983-40840-0-4}}</ref>

Following the change of the government after the 2018 general election, the new Sabah government has stated that there is no restriction on the usage of [[English language|English]] in the state, adding that even if the Education Ministry stated that it is unlawful for English be used in Sabah, the restrictions will not be allowed to be imposed in the state, and that the state government will undo the previous improper law since the restrictions will only cause more damage to their younger generations especially when they need to work in private firms or organisations that require English proficiency. The new state government also stated that they will look into the matters if there is a need for a change in the state law.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=127026|title=Cannot stop Sabah using English: CM|newspaper=Daily Express|date=11 September 2018|access-date=21 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921023831/http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=127026|archive-date=21 September 2018}}</ref>