Sangirese language

Sangirese
Sangirese
Native to	Indonesia; Philippines
Region	North Sulawesi; Davao del Sur; Davao Occidental; Davao Oriental
Native speakers	(200,000 in Indonesia (1993); 70,000 in Philippines cited 1981–1996)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Sangiric North Sangirese; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; sxn – Sangir; snl – Sangil
Glottolog	nort2871

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.

Phonology[]

Consonants[]

		Labial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t			k	ʔ
Plosive	voiced	b	d			ɡ
Nasal		m	n			ŋ
Fricative		β	s			ɣ	h
Rhotic			ɾ
Lateral			l	ɭ̆
Approximant		w			j

/ɣ/ is mainly heard in the Sangihé dialect.^[2]

Vowels[]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

Vowels /i, e, a, o, u/ may also be heard as [ɪ, ɛ, ə, ɔ, ʊ] within syllables.
/ɨ/ can be heard as [ɨ], [ɯ], [ə].^[3]

References[]

^ Sangir at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Sangil at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Maryott, Kenneth R. (1986). "Pre-Sangir *l, *d, *r and Associated Phonemes". Notes on Linguistics. 34: 25–40.
^ Maryott, Kenneth R. (1977). "The Phonemes of Sarangani Sangiré". Studies in Philippine Linguistics. 1 (2): 264–279.

External links[]

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[e18-1] Sangir at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Sangil at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Maryott, Kenneth R. (1986). "Pre-Sangir *l, *d, *r and Associated Phonemes". Notes on Linguistics. 34: 25–40.

[3] Maryott, Kenneth R. (1977). "The Phonemes of Sarangani Sangiré". Studies in Philippine Linguistics. 1 (2): 264–279.

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