Sangirese language

Sangirese
Region Indonesia, Philippines
Native speakers
unknown (200,000 in Indonesia (1993)
70,000 in Philippines cited 1981–1996)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
sxn  Sangir
snl  Sangil
Glottolog nort2871[2]

Sangirese, also known as Sangihé, Sangi, and Sangih, is an Austronesian language spoken on the islands linking northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, with Mindanao, Philippines by the Sangirese people.

See also

References

  1. Sangir at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Sangil at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Sangil–Sangir". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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