I. Kadazandusun
1) Cong dong Murut
Ten Murut, trong bdi canh vung Sabah, dung de chi tdc ngffdi sd'ng d vung cao cd nhieu ddi, tan sau trong ndi dia va cd md'i quan he chat che vdi nhdm Dusun. Ngffdi Murut khdng nen bi nham lan vdi mot tdc ngffdi kbac ed ten gpi tffdng tff, sdng d thffdng Iffu sdng Padas, vung giap ranh vdi Khu Nam ciia Sarawak, trai dai
77m hieu nhu cdu gido due tie'ng me de ciia cdc ddn tgc thieu sdd Malaysia
den tan Borneo cua Indonesia. Nhdm nay cdn dffdc gpi la Lun Dayeh. Dffa vao vi tri dia ly eiia hp, ngffdi ta phdng doan rang Murut la nhffng ngffdi dau tien dinh cff tren manh da't Sabah. Dan sd Murut giam manh tff giffa nam 1915 den 1950. Sau cude ndi loan Rundum nam 1915 (nham chd'ng lai Cdng ty Chartered bat ngffdi Murut lam dffdng cho xe ngffa di, cung nhff danh thud ndng san va phat quang rffng ciia ngffdi Murut), tham kich da xay ra khi ngffdi Murut bi mat hang tram trai trang khde manh. Dieu tra dan sd nam 1951 cho tha'y chi edn 18.724 ngffdi Murut. Nam 1997, neu ngffdi Murut edn la cdng ddng Idn thff ba d Sabah sau Kadazandusun va Bajau thi nam 2000, vi tri nay thudc ve ngffdi Melayu.
Cd nhieu hpc gia da phan chia ngffdi Murut theo nhieu each khac nhau. Rutter [dan theo 26;329-330] chia hp ra lam hai nhdm chinh la (i) Murut vung ddng bang (gdm Keningau Murut, Tenom Murut hay cdn dffde bie't den nhff Temogun hay Timogun va Murut d thung lung Padas thap) va (ii) Murut vung ddi nui (gdm Paluan, Dalit Murut va mot tieu nhdm gdm Rundum Murut, Tagol va Kolua). Appel [dan theo 26;330] thi chia hp ra lam 6 tieu nhdm, dffa vao ndi cff tru, gdm Tagal (hay Tagol), Timugon, Senambu (Sumambuq), Paluan, Nabai va Bokun. Ngffdi Murut ndi chung lam liia nffdng, du canh du cff. Ngffdi Keningau Murut lam lua nffdc. Hp cdn trdng san, cu mdn, ngd, chan nudi, bat ca va san ban. Mot sd' ngffdi Murut da cai dao sang Cd ddc, nhffng vln giff tin ngffdng vat linh. Mot sd it khac theo dao Hoi, nhffng nhffng nghi le vat linh do "Bobohan" thffe hien van cdn tdn tai cho de'n tan ngay nay. Hp gidi dan lat bang may tre. Ngay nay, ngffdi Murut dffdc hffdng mot tieu chuan cude sdng cao hdn vdi cac cd hdi giao due va tie'p xuc vdi the' gidi ben ngoai. Viee san ban bang lao da dffdc thay the bang sung san. Song song vdi viee phat trien de dap ffng vdi sff thay ddi la sff xdi mdn mot so' mat van hda truyen thd'ng. Nha dai truyen thd'ng dffde thay the bang cac nha ddn, cung vdi nd la sff bien mat cua ca "lansaran" - net trung tam cua nha dai truyen thd'ng Murut. "Lansaran" la mot san gd trung va dan hdi, tren dd mpi ngffdi nhun nhay va lac trong cac nghi Id hay mua 16 hdi gidng nhff tren mot cai bat Id xo.