Tausug

Also known as Joloano, Sulu, Suluk, Tausug language, tsg

Visayan language spoken in the Philippines and Malaysia

Key facts

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 language in: Regional language in the Philippines
Regulated by: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Iso 639 3: tsg
Glottolog: taus1251

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Wikidata facts

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Commons category: Tausug language
Wikimedia language code: tsg
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TSG
native label: Bahasa Sūg
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 1100000

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Tausūg (Bahasa Sūg, بَهَسَ سُوْغْ, Filipino: Wikang Bahasa Súg, 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. Many Malay and Arabic words are found in Tausug language.