Tausug language

Tausūg
Tausūg
Bahasa Sūg, بَهَسَ سُوْغْ‎
Native to	Philippines; Malaysia; Indonesia
Region	— Spoken throughout the Sulu Archipelago (Basilan and Tawi-Tawi), southern Palawan,eastern Sabah and northern portion of North Kalimantan ; — Also spoken in Zamboanga City and Zamboanga Peninsula
Ethnicity	Tausūg
Native speakers	1.93 million (2013–2020)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Central Philippine Bisayan Southern Bisayan Butuan–Tausug Tausūg; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (Filipino alphabet); Arabic (Jawi alphabet); Historically Luntar Sūg
Official status
Official language in	Regional language in the Philippines
Regulated by	Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tsg
Glottolog	taus1251
	Areas where Tausūg is the majority language
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Tausūg (Bahasa Sūg, بَهَسَ سُوْغْ,^[3]^[4] Filipino: Wikang Tausug, Malay: Bahasa Suluk, بهاس سولوق, lit. 'Language of Sulu/the Tausūg people') is an Austronesian language spoken in the province of Sulu in the Philippines and in the eastern area of the state of Sabah, Malaysia. It is widely spoken in the Sulu Archipelago (Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, and Basilan), the Zamboanga Peninsula (Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur, and Zamboanga City), southern Palawan, Malaysia (eastern Sabah), and Indonesia (Tarakan City and Nunukan Regency, province of North Kalimantan).

Tausūg has some lexical similarities or near similarities with Surigaonon language of the provinces Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, and Agusan del Sur and with the Butuanon language of Agusan del Norte; it has also some vocabulary similarities with Sugbuanon, Bicolano, and with other Philippine languages.^[3] Many Malay and Arabic words are found in Tausug language.

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- Household language size in the Philippines (2020 census): "Tagalog is the Most Widely Spoken Language at Home (2020 Census of Population and Housing)". Tagalog is the Most Widely Spoken Language at Home (2020 Census of Population and Housing). March 7, 2023.
- Suluk speakers in Malaysia (2013): Maraining, Amrullah; Othman, Zaini; Mohd Radzi, Marsitah; Abdul Rahim, Md Saffie (December 31, 2018). "Komuniti Suluk dan Persoalan Migrasi: 'Sirih Pulang ke Gagang'" [The Community of Sulu and the Issue of Migration]. Jurnal Kinabalu (in Malay). 24: 44. doi:10.51200/ejk.v24i.1678 (inactive April 15, 2025).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2025 (link)
^ "Household Population, Number of Households, and Average Household Size of the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing)". Household Population, Number of Households, and Average Household Size of the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing). March 23, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Bangahan2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Jannaral, Julmunir I. (September 11, 2019). "English-Bahasa Sug Dictionary Launched Today". The Manila Times. Retrieved December 3, 2020.

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Household language size in the Philippines (2020 census): "Tagalog is the Most Widely Spoken Language at Home (2020 Census of Population and Housing)". Tagalog is the Most Widely Spoken Language at Home (2020 Census of Population and Housing). March 7, 2023.

Suluk speakers in Malaysia (2013): Maraining, Amrullah; Othman, Zaini; Mohd Radzi, Marsitah; Abdul Rahim, Md Saffie (December 31, 2018). "Komuniti Suluk dan Persoalan Migrasi: 'Sirih Pulang ke Gagang'" [The Community of Sulu and the Issue of Migration]. Jurnal Kinabalu (in Malay). 24: 44. doi:10.51200/ejk.v24i.1678 (inactive April 15, 2025).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2025 (link)

[2] Household language size in the Philippines (2020 census): "Tagalog is the Most Widely Spoken Language at Home (2020 Census of Population and Housing)". Tagalog is the Most Widely Spoken Language at Home (2020 Census of Population and Housing). March 7, 2023.

[3] Suluk speakers in Malaysia (2013): Maraining, Amrullah; Othman, Zaini; Mohd Radzi, Marsitah; Abdul Rahim, Md Saffie (December 31, 2018). "Komuniti Suluk dan Persoalan Migrasi: 'Sirih Pulang ke Gagang'" [The Community of Sulu and the Issue of Migration]. Jurnal Kinabalu (in Malay). 24: 44. doi:10.51200/ejk.v24i.1678 (inactive April 15, 2025).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2025 (link)

[2] "Household Population, Number of Households, and Average Household Size of the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing)". Household Population, Number of Households, and Average Household Size of the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing). March 23, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2023.

[Bangahan2015-4] Cite error: The named reference Bangahan2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[5] Jannaral, Julmunir I. (September 11, 2019). "English-Bahasa Sug Dictionary Launched Today". The Manila Times. Retrieved December 3, 2020.

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Tausūg
Bahasa Sūg, بَهَسَ سُوْغْ‎
Native to	Philippines Malaysia Indonesia
Region	— Spoken throughout the Sulu Archipelago (Basilan and Tawi-Tawi), southern Palawan,eastern Sabah and northern portion of North Kalimantan — Also spoken in Zamboanga City and Zamboanga Peninsula
Ethnicity	Tausūg
Native speakers	1.93 million (2013–2020)^[1]^[a]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Central Philippine Bisayan Southern Bisayan Butuan–Tausug Tausūg
Writing system	Latin (Filipino alphabet) Arabic (Jawi alphabet) Historically Luntar Sūg
Official status
Official language in	Regional language in the Philippines
Regulated by	Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`tsg`
Glottolog	`taus1251`
Areas where Tausūg is the majority language
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