KOTA KINABALU, March 25 -- A Dusun version of the Al-Quran will be available for the Dusun-speaking community here to encourage better understanding of the Islamic holy book.

Malaysian Kadazan Dusun Murut Muslim Organisation chairman Nicholas Sylvester said that he wanted to come up with the Dusun language Quran after speaking to people in the community.

"It was my idea after consultation with many people.

"It was translated to the Dusun language to ease understanding, while the original Arabic scripts are still retained alongside the translation, and prayers are still conducted in the Arabic language," he said when speaking to Malay Mail.

Sylvester said translating work began in 2019 by an Arabic language expert and took about two ye...