Other theory : Dusun originated from China

This might explains why I look like a Chinese. Most of them even speak Chinese to me (urgh~ why the heck i didnt take Mandarin as my 3rd language?). Just sayin'. Heh.

Here, I found another source that saying the Dusun's are from China. The "dusun" word derived from the word "luisoon" which is a chinese word, of course. "Luisoon" means 'left by the boat'. It is to be believed that "Dusun" are the Sung Dynasty descendants. (oh? this may explains why i am so into Chinese's movie!! like Wong Fei Hung!! or or!!! Ip Man!! and you name it as long it involves Kung Fu! haha). Cut the crap.

Back to the fact, source saying that "Kadazan" and "Dusun" are different. (Then how come we have so many common in dialect?)



This is the story that I quoted : "About 1000 years ago, China was travelling all around the world by ship for trades activities.  There was sunken junk from China founded at 20 meters deep between Kudat and Pulau Banggi in Sabah. Some ceramics from the Sung Dynasty was founded from the wreck and now been displayed at the Kota Kinabalu Sabah Museum. It was reported more than 1 ship were sank, but still have not been founded yet. The Chinese sailors that survived continued their lives in Sabah ever since and starting the Dusun race and heritage."

"Dusuns are traditionally inhabitants in the interior of Sabah, obviously in the hilly and mountainous region. As the result, the indigenous people of China and indegenous people of Sabah are related. So its proven that the indigenous people of Sabah are from the Chinese origins. This is also solves your wonder about why Dusun people looks like Chinese. It is because Dusun people have Chinese blood in their body."

Read more: http://socyberty.com/languages/dusun-derived-from-a-chinese-word-pronunciation-luisooun/#ixzz1YnofEx5n

By the way, in my previous post I said that we the Kadazan-Dusun people are the gene's left by the nomadic people (to be precise, travelers) in Sabah. One of them might be the Chinese.

Some would says that "Kadazan" and "Dusun" are the same but only have different slang. Other than that the Kadazans lives in city meanwhile the Dusuns lives in village.

Here, I found another interesting facts from random comments :
"The late Dr. James Ongkili said that the Dusun language is 70% the same as the hill and river people of Kuilim in Southwest China where the buffalo is used extensively and the dresses worn are practically the same as in Sabah. There are similarity of words like “kundasan” which means” looking at big mountain” in
Chinese, “Kadazan” which means ” home in the mountains” in Chinese, ” Hugansiou” which means ” Vice Chief Commander” in Chinese,” Runggus ” means ” Gong beaters’ in Chinese, “Murut” means “magic people” in Chinese,here in sabah and many other words. If the Chinese share the same Ancestral blood as the KDM then the Chinese in Sabah are natives in the legal defination of native in Sabah." - Datuk Yap P L (http://socyberty.com/languages/dusun-derived-from-a-chinese-word-pronunciation-luisooun/)

"I believe Dusun is not Chinese because if we are, we would have similar physiology with the Hans. I think Dusuns are more related to the Indochinese due to the shape of their faces. And I don’t even believe Dusun evolve in Borneo. Dusuns came from the mainland Asia because many highland Indochinese tribes share the same similarities with Dusuns e.g. the Karen hill-tribe in Thailand. But the mystery remains that some Dusuns don’t look like the average typical Chinese-like Dusuns e.g. high-ridged nose, protruding eyebrow ridges, deep-set eyes, beardedness and tallness when they have no case of recent mixed ancestry. My own theory is Dusuns were once a confederation of tribes much like the Huns who almost crushed the Romans in 5th century AD. Just like the Chinese and Mongols who are not really homogenous but actually accepted outsiders to mix with them. Ancient writers said that Genghis Khan himself had blue-green eyes, red hair and beard. Thus Dusuns might have mixed with many other tribes in the migration before finally settling in Sabah" - Rick Hunter (http://socyberty.com/languages/dusun-derived-from-a-chinese-word-pronunciation-luisooun/)

So, what do you think? Are we Chinese or IndoChinese?

There is no accurate answer about this. We may discuss and assume but i think many of us would disagree that our origin is from China, even though our ethnic have similarities with Bunun's tribe.