Tausug language

Tausūg
Tausūg
Bahasa Sūg; بَهَسَ سُوگ‎
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	1.2 million (2010)[needs update]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Central Philippine Bisayan Southern Bisayan Butuan–Tausug Tausūg; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (Malay alphabet); Arabic (Jawi); Luntarsug (Baybayin)
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; Jawi: بَهَسَ سُوگ‎;^[2]^[3] Malay: Bahasa Sūlūk, 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 as well as in the Nunukan Regency, province of North Kalimantan, Indonesia by the Tausūg people. 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 (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.^[2] Many Malay and Arabic words are found in Bahasa Sūg.

^ "2010 Census of Population and Housing, Report No. 2A - Demographic and Housing Characteristics (Non-Sample Variables)" (PDF). Retrieved May 2, 2022.
^ ^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.

Tausūg
Bahasa Sūg بَهَسَ سُوگ‎
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	1.2 million (2010)^[1]^{[needs update]}
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Central Philippine Bisayan Southern Bisayan Butuan–Tausug Tausūg
Writing system	Latin (Malay alphabet) Arabic (Jawi) Luntarsug (Baybayin)
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
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.