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)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Philippine Mansakan ? 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 Sulu, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga City

Contents 1 Sounds 1.1 Consonants 1.2 Vowels 1.3 Phonology 2 Grammar 2.1 Pronouns 2.1.1 Personal 2.1.2 Demonstrative 2.2 Enclitic Particles 2.3 Existential 2.4 Interrogative Words 3 Examples 3.1 Loan Words 3.2 Numbers 3.3 Common Expressions 4 See also 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Sounds

[edit] Consonants

• p, t, k (unaspirated)
• ‘ (Glottal stop written as ‘ (linguists) or h (speakers))
• b - Pronounced [b] word-initially and [β] in all other cases.^[1]
• d (spirantize between vowels)
• g - Pronounced [g] word-initially and [ɣ] in all other cases.^[1]
• c (allophone of ch, bichara ‘speak’ > bicara)
• j (natively, syllable initial only)
• s
• h
• m
• n
• (ny)
• ng
• l
• r (allophone of d, l)
• w
• y

Features: Gemination of all non-glottal consonants

[edit] Vowels

• i
• a
• u [o/u]
• Diphthongs: aw, uy, ay, iw [issiw, variant of hisiyu ‘who’]

Features: Vowel length (marked here with underscore, e.g. ba_y ‘house’)

Stress: Nonphonemic Stress on final syllable.

[edit] Phonology

[edit] Grammar

[edit] Pronouns

[edit] Personal

	Absolutive	Ergative	Oblique
1st person singular	aku	ku	kāku'
1st person dual	kita	natu', ta	katu'
2nd person singular	ikaw, kaw	mu	kaymu
3rd person singular	siya	niya	kaniya
1st person plural inclusive	kitaniyu	natu'niyu, taniyu	kātu'niyu, kātu'natu'
1st person plural exclusive	kami	namu	kāmu'
2nd person plural	kamu	niyu	kaniyu
3rd person plural	sila	nila	kanila

[edit] Demonstrative

[edit] Enclitic Particles

[edit] Existential

[edit] Interrogative Words

[edit] Examples

[edit] Loan Words

[edit] Numbers

hambuuk duwa tu_ upat lima unum pitu walu siyam hampuh hampuh tag hambuuk... kawha'an katlu'an ka'patan kay'man ka'numan kapitwan kawaluhan kasiyaman hanggattus... ha'ngibu...

[edit] Common Expressions

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• 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

[edit] 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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