Kadazan-English and English-Kadazan dictionary

The Kadazan/Dusun mother-tongue of Sabah saw lively growth in the 1950s. Initial efforts to preserve the language owe thanks to Father A. Antonissen who, with the help of the local Kadazan community, secretly compiled the first manuscript for the Kadazan Dictionary and Grammar while interned by the Japanese during the Second World War. The manuscript was published with the help of the Australian Government Printer in 1953- the same year Tun Fuad Stephens included a ‘Kadazan corner’ in the Sabah Times.