Sangirese language
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Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia
Sangirese | |
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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)[1] |
Austronesian
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ISO 639-3 | Either:sxn – Sangirsnl – 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.
It belongs to the Philippine group within the Austronesian language family.[2] Some lexical influence comes from Ternate and Spanish.[3]
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
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.[4]
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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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].[5]
See also
References
- ^ Sangir at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Sangil at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com
- ^ M. A. Chlenov (1998). "Sangircy". Narody i religii mira: Enciklopedija. V. A. Tishkov, Nauchnoe izdatelʹstvo "Bolʹshai︠a︡ rossiĭskai︠a︡ ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡.". Moskva: Nauchnoe izd-vo "Bolʹshai︠a︡ Rossiĭskai︠a︡ Ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡". p. 468. ISBN 5-85270-155-6. OCLC 40821169.
- ^ 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.
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