Tausug language

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Tausūg
Bahasa Sūg
Spoken in	Mainly in the  Philippines, also in  Malaysia (Sabah) and  Indonesia (Kalimantan)
Region	Jolo, Sulu Archipelago. Palawan Island, Basilan Island, Zamboanga City and environs. Also spoken in Indonesia (Kalimantan), Malaysia (Sabah)
Total speakers	1,022,000 (900,000 in the Philippines)
Ranking	259
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Philippine Visayan Tausūg
Writing system	Latin (Filipino variant); Jawi script
Official status
Official language in	Regional language in the Philippines
Regulated by	Commission on the Filipino Language
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	phi
ISO 639-3	tsg
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Tausūg (Tausūg: Bahasa Sūg, Malay: Bahasa Suluk) is a Visayan language spoken in the province of Sulu in the Philippines, in Malaysia, and in Indonesia by the Tausūg people.

It is widely spoken in the Sulu Archipelago (Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi), Zamboanga Peninsula (Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga City), Southern Palawan and in Sabah (Malaysia). It is very closely related to the Butuanon language of northeastern Mindanao.

Sounds

Consonants

Features: Gemination of all non-glottal consonants

• p, t, k
• ’ (sometimes written as h)
• b – Pronounced as [b] in initial positions and as [β] in all other positions.^[1]
• d
• g – Pronounced as [g] in initial positions and as [ɣ] in all other positions.^[1]
• ts – Pronounced as [ʧ]; sometimes written as c or ch.
• d
• ds – Pronounced as [dʒ]; sometimes written as j.
• s
• h
• l
• m
• n
• (ny)
• ng
• l
• r
• w
• y

Vowels

Features: Vowel lengthening (e.g. bāy ‘house’). Stress: Nonphonemic stress on final syllable.

• a/ā
• i/ī
• u/ū

Diphthongs: aw, uy, ay, iw^[2]

Grammar

Pronouns

Personal

Demonstrative

Enclitic Particles

Existential

Interrogative Words

Examples

Loan Words

Numbers

Tausug | Cebuano | Malay | Kadazan-Dusun Murut language

• 1 - Isa | usa      | satu     | iso
• 2 - Duwa | duha | dua    | duo
• 3 - Tū | tulo      | tiga      | tolu
• 4 - Upat | upat | empat, umpat | apat
• 5 - Lima | lima    | lima    | limo
• 6 - Unum | unom    | enam      | onom
• 7 - Pitu | pito    | tujuh      | turu
• 8 - Walu | walo    | delapan      | walu
• 9 - Siyam | siyam   | sembilan    | siam
• 10 - Hangpuh | napu'o | se puluh | hopod

Tausug | Cebuano | Malay

• 11 - Hangpuh tag isa | napulo'g usa | sebelas
• 20 - Kawha'an | kawhaan | dua puluh
• 30 - Katlu'an | katloan | tiga puluh
• 40 - Ka'patan | kap'atan | empat puluh
• 50 - Kay'man | kalim'an | lima puluh
• 60 - Ka'numan |kanuman | enam puluh
• 70 - Kapituwan | kapitoan | tujuh puluh
• 80 - Kawaluhan | kawalohan | lapan puluh
• 90 - Kasiyaman | kasiyaman | sembilan puluh
• 100 - Hanggattus | usa ka gatus | se ratus
• 1,000 - Ha'ngibu | usa ka libo | se ribu

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See also

• Languages of the Philippines
• Filipino
• Cebuano
• Kapampangan language
• Chabacano
• Pangasinan
• Visayan languages
• Bikol
• Ilokano
• Hiligaynon
• Waray-Waray

External links

• Publications in Tausūg and other Philippine languages
• In Bahasa Sug: An Introduction to Tausug by Christopher Sundita
• Tausug Language by Dr. Carl G. Rubino
• Bansa.org Tausug Dictionary
• Tausug Lessons by Languagelinks.og
• Tausug English Glossary Search for common Tausug Words

References

• Sundita, Christopher Allen (2002). In Bahasa Sug: An Introduction to Tausug. Lobel & Tria Partnership, Co.. ISBN 971-92226-6-2. 

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