ISO 639-3 · tsgtsg
Austronesian family
Tausug
bahasa Sūg
Tausug is a language of the Bisayan branch (Austronesian), spoken in Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. Wikidata counts 1.1 m first-language speakers (2000). Wikidata describes it as “Visayan language spoken in the Philippines and Malaysia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tsg- Glottocode
taus1251- Family
- Austronesian
- Wikipedia
- 43 language editions
1.1 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
2scripts
6levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tausug · bahasa Sūg |
|---|---|
| Also called | tsg, Joloano language, Suluan labguage, Sūg language, Suluk language |
| L1 speakers | 1,100,000 (2000) |
| Written in | Latin script, Jawi |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Tausug
The branches above Tausug, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Philippines
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 mspaSpanishIndo-European · 555.6 m1 · NationalfilFilipinoAustronesian · 90 m1 · NationaltglTagalogAustronesian · 68.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigorousiloIlocanoAustronesian · 9.1 m3 · Wider CommunicationwarWaray-WarayAustronesian · 3.1 m3 · Wider CommunicationbikBikolAustronesian · 2.5 m