Tausug language

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Tausug
Spoken in:	Mainly in the Philippines, also in Indonesia and Malaysia
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   Borneo-Philippines    Central Philippine     Visayan      Southern Visayan       Butuan-Tausug        Tausug
Official status
Official language in:	none
Regulated by:	Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (Commission on the Filipino Language)
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	phi
ISO 639-3:	tsg
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Tausug is a Visayan language spoken in Sulu province in the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia by the Tausug people.

Contents 1 Sounds 1.1 Vowels 1.2 Consonants 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] Vowels

[edit] Consonants

[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

[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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