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Tausūg
Bahasa Sūg
بَهَسَ سُوْݢْ‎
Native toPhilippines
Malaysia
Indonesia
Region— Spoken throughout the Sulu Archipelago (Basilan and Tawid-Tawid), southern Palawan,eastern Sabah and northern portion of North Kalimantan
— Also spoken in Zamboanga City and Zamboanga Peninsula
EthnicityTausūg
Native speakers
11 million (2010)[1][needs update]
Latin (Malay alphabet)
Arabic (Jawi)
Luntarsug (Baybayin)
Official status
Official language in
Regional language in the Philippines
Regulated byKomisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-3tsg
Glottologtaus1251
  Areas where Tausūg is the majority language
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Tausūg (Bahasa Sūg بَهَسَ سُوْݢْ;[2][3] Malay: Bahasa Sūlūk, 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 as well as in the Nunukan Regency, province of North Kalimantan, Indonesia by the Tausūg people. 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 (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.[2] Many Malay and Arabic words are found in Bahasa Sūgsug.

Nomenclature

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In English, the language is primarily known as Tausug (i.e., Tausug language "language of the Tausug people"). The local name of the language is bahasa Sūg (Sulu language). The term Tausūg (tau Sūg, meaning "people of Sulu") is derived from two words: tau ("person") and Sūg[4] (The transformation of "Sūk", itself the contraction of Sūlūk[5]). Thus, in Tausug, Tausug refers to people while Bahasa Sūg refers to the language. Several scholars postulate that "Sūlūk" derives from "Ahl ul-Sūlūk", or "people of the path (to Allah)," in reference to the Islamic missionaries who arrived to spread the religion of Islam.[6] Meanwhile, a similar sounding word "sug", which means "water-current", has been given by a number of writers as the etymologic source of the term; the two words, even if similarly pronounced, are not related.[2] In the past, the language has also been simply referred to using the generic term "Moro".[7]

Classification

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Tausūg is an Austronesian language. It is classified by linguists as being a member of the Bisayan languages family, which includes Cebuano and Waray.[8] In particular, it has many similarities with the Surigaonon language of the provinces Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Sur and with the Butuanon language of Agusan del Norte[8] – both spoken in northeastern Mindanao; hence, Zorc (1977) groups these three languages as part of a "South Bisayan" grouping.

Speakers

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Tausūg is primarily spoken in the Sulu Archipelago, which aside from the island of Sulu, also includes the Tawi-Tawi chain of islands and the island of Basilan. It is a lingua franca spoken in different areas/islands of the archipelago.[9]

Due to migration, the language is also spoken alongside other local languages in the Zamboanga Peninsula (e.g., Cebuano and Chavacano), which includes the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga City. It is also spoken in Southern Palawan, Eastern Sabah, Malaysia and in Nunukan Regency, North Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Phonology

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Vowels

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Tausūg has three vowel phonemes: /a/, /i/, /u/, with phonemic length (e.g. īpun, "shrimp" vs. ipun, "tooth"). Stress is not phonemic and usually occurs on the final syllable.[10]

The vowel phonemes have a broad range of allophones:[11]

  • /a/: [a,ɐ,ɑ]
  • /i/: [i,ɪ]
  • /u/: [u,ʊ,ɤ,ʌ,ə]

Tausūg has expectedly developed some variations in accent and vocabulary from one area to another, but there are two basic dialects characterized by differences with regard to vowel sounds. The "Gimbahanun" (literally means people from the farm) speakers, the residents of the out-of-town rural areas, use four vowels: /a/, /i/, /u/ and /ə/,[12] the last vowel representing schwa sound or "obscure u", a retention from Proto-Philippine and Proto-Bisayan. The "Parianun", the residents of the urban areas, use only three vowel phonemes: /a/, /i/, /u/,;[13] the loss of /ə/ is common in many Bisayan and other Philippine languages.

Consonants

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The consonant phonemes are:[14]

Labial
 Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive
Affricate 		voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d d͡ʒ ⟨j⟩ ɡ
Fricative f s h
Approximant l j ⟨y⟩ w
Trill r

Allophones:[11]

  • /b/: per default [b], but [β] between vowels
  • /g/: per default [ɡ], but [ɣ] between vowels
  • /h/: per default [h], but [ɦ] between vowels
  • /r/: per default [r], but [ɹ] before /m,n,g,k/

Medial gemination (of all non-glottal consonants) is phonemic.[11]

Grammar

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Pronouns

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Personal pronouns

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Tausūg has three pronoun sets:[15][16]

nominative genitive oblique
1st person singular aku اَكُ‎ -ku ـكُ‎ kāku' كَاكُؤْ‎
dual kita كِتَ‎ -ta / -natu' ـتَ / ـنَتُؤْ‎ kātu' كَاتُؤْ‎
plural exclusive kami كَمِ‎ -namu ـنَمُؤْ‎ kāmu' كَامُؤْ‎
inclusive kitanyu كِتَپُ‎ -taniyu / -natu'nyu ـتَپُ / ـنَتُؤْپُ‎ katu'nyu, katu'tanyu کَاتُؤْپُ / كَاتُؤْتَپُ‎
2nd person singular ikaw / kaw اِكَوْ / كَوْ‎ -mu ـمُ‎ kaymu كَيْمُ‎
plural kamu كَمُ‎ -nyu ـپُ‎ kanyu كَپُ‎
3rd person singular siya سِيَ‎ -niya ـنِيَ‎ kaniya كَنِيَ‎
plural sila سِلَ‎ -nila ـنِلَ‎ kanila كَنِلَ‎

Demonstratives

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Case markers

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The case markers of Tausūg are:[17]

nominative genitive oblique
common in sin ha
اِنْ‎ سِنْ‎ هَ‎
proper singular hi kan
هِ‎ كَنْ‎
proper plural hinda' kanda'
هِنْدَ‎ كَنْدَ‎

Non-subject undergoers take the oblique marker when definite or a proper noun, but indefinite common nouns take the genitive marker sin.

  • Hi Nasul in kimaun ha mampallam. هِ نَسُلْ اِنْ کِمَؤُنْ هَ مَمْفَلَّمْ.‎
    • "It was Nasul who ate the mango."
  • Nagdakdak sin baju' in manga bujang. نَغْدَكْ۲ سِنْ بَجُ اِنْ مَڠَ بُجَڠْ.‎
    • "The maidens washed clothes."

Existentials

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The positive existential ("there is") is aun, the negative existential ("there is none") is way.[18]

Interrogative words

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English Tausug
Who? Siyu?/Hisiyu?[8]
What? Unu?
Where? Diin? / Hariin? / Hāin? (contracted Hariin) / Haunu? (Ha+uuu)
Why? Mayta'? / Mahi?
When? (future) Ku'nu?
When? (past) Ka'nu?
How? (manner) Biya'diin?
How many? Pila?

Verbs

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Verbs in Tausūg are inflected for focus and aspect.[19]

completed progressive contemplative imperative
Actor focus ⟨im⟩
nag-
naN-		 C⟨im⟩V-
nag-CV-
naN-CV-		 ‹um›
mag-
maN-		 ∅
∅
paN-
Patient focus ⟨i⟩ C⟨iy⟩V- -un -a
Locative focus ⟨i⟩ -an C⟨iy⟩V- -an -an -i
Instrument focus ⟨i⟩ C⟨iy⟩V- hi- -an

Affixes expressing ability:

completed progressive contemplative
Actor focus naka- nakaka- maka-
Patient focus na- na-CV- ma-
Locative focus kiya- -an kiya-CV- -an ka- -an
Instrument focus kiya- kiya-CV- hika-

Numbers

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Tausūg numerals:[8][20][16]

Tausug
1 isa / hambuuk اِسَ‎
2 duwa دُوَ‎
3 tū تُوْ‎
4 upat اُفَتْ‎
5 lima لِيْمَ‎
6 unum اُنُمْ‎
7 pitu فِتُ‎
8 walu وَلُ‎
9 siyam سِيَمْ‎
10 hangpū' هَڠْفُؤْ‎
11 hangpū' tag isa هَڠْفُؤْ تَغِسَ‎
20 kawha'an كَوْهَأَنْ‎
30 katlu'an كَتْلُؤَنْ‎
40 kapatan كَفَتَنْ‎
50 kay'man كَيْئْمَنْ‎
60 kanuman كَأْنُمَنْ‎
70 kapituwan كَفِتُوَنْ‎
80 kawaluwan كَوَلُوَنْ‎
90 kasiyaman كَسِيَمَنْ‎
100 hanggatus / gatus هَڠْغَتُسْ / غَتُسْ‎
1,000 hangibu / ibu هَڠِيْبُ / إِيْبُ‎
1,282 hangibu tag duwang gatus tag kawaluwan tag duwa هَڠِيْبُ تَغْدُوَڠْ غَتُسْ تَغْكَوَلُوَنْ تَغْدُوَ‎
2,000 duwa nga'ibu دُوَ ڠَئِيْبُ‎
10,000 hangpu' nga'ibu هَڠْپُؤْ ڠَئِيْبُ‎

Writing system

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Tausūg is today primarily written using the Latin alphabet. Historically, it had previously been written using the Arabic alphabet. The script used was derived from Jawi used in writing the Malay language. The script is referred to as Sulat Sug

The Arabic script used to write Tausūg differs in some aspects from the script used for Arabic and in the Jawi script used for Malay.[16]

In Sulu, there is no separate letter for [g]. Whereas in Jawi, the sound [g] is represented with the letter ݢ, and the letter غ (which has a pronunciation [ɣ] in Arabic) is reserved for Arabic loanwords, in Sulu the letter غ is used for the sound [g].

In Sulu, there is no differentiation between [f] and [p]. Whereas in Jawi, the letters ف and ڤ are used respectively, in Sulu the letter ف is used in all instances.

For the sound [ɲ] in the final position, in Sulu, the letter پ is used whereas in Malay Jawi, the letter ڽ is instead used. The letter پ is associated with the sound [p] in Persian and other scripts derived from Persian. In both Malay Jawi and Sulu the letter پـ/ڽـ is used in all other positions.

For the sound [k] in the final position, in Malay Jawi, the letter ک is used, having the same form as when in initial or medial positions. In Sulu, similar to Arabic, it is customary to use ك.

Latin

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Tausūg Alphabet (Bahasa Sūg Alipbā'tā')
Letter A B D G H I J K L M
Name Alip bā' dāl gā' hā' ī jīm kāp lām mīm
IPA /a/ /b/, /β/ /d/ /ɡ/, /ɣ/ /h/, /ɦ/ /i/ /dʒ/ /k/ /l/ /m/
Letter N Ng P R S T U W Y '
Name nūn ngā' pā' rā' sīn tā' ū wāw yā' hamja
IPA /n/ /ŋ/ /p/ /r/, /ɹ/ /s/ /t/ /u/ /w/ /j/ /ʔ/

Arabic

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Tausūg Alphabet – Arabic Script
Character Isolated Initial Medial Final Name
ا ﺍ ﺎ alip
ب ب بـ ـبـ ـب bā'
ت ﺕ ﺗ ـﺘ ـﺖ tā'
ث ث ثـ ـثـ ـث sā(thā')
پ پ پـ ـپـ ـپ nyā'
ج ﺝ ﺟ ـﺠ ـﺞ jīm
ح ح حـ ـحـ ـح hā'
خ خ خـ ـخـ ـخ khā'
چ چ چـ ـچـ ـچ chā'
د د ـد dāl
ذ ذ ـذ jāl
ر ﺭ ـر rā'
ز ز ـز jā'
س ﺱ ﺳ ـﺴ ـﺲ sīn
ش ش شـ ـشـ ـش sīn
ص ص صـ ـصـ ـص sād
ض ض ضـ ـضـ ـض dād
ط ط طـ ـطـ ـط tā'
ظ ظ ظـ ـظـ ـظ lā'
ع ع عـ ـعـ ـع 'ayn
غ ﻍ ﻏ ـﻐـ ـﻎ gayn
ڠ ڠ ڠـ ـڠـ ـڠ ngā'
ف ﻑ ﻓ ـﻔ ـﻒ pā'
ق ق قـ ـقـ ـق kāp
ك ك كـ ـكـ ـك kāp
ل ﻝ ﻟ ـﻠ ـﻞ lām
م ﻡ ﻣ ـﻤ ـﻢ mīm
ن ﻥ ﻧ ـﻨ ﻦ nūn
ه ﻩ ﻫ ـﻬ ﻪ hā'
و ﻭ ـو wāw
ي ﻱ ﻳ ـﻴـ ﻲ yā'
ء ء ء hamja
أ أ ـأ alip with hamja above
ﺅ ﺅ ـﺆ wāw with hamja above
ئ ئ ئـ ــئـ ـئ yā' with hamja above
لا لا لا ــلا ــلا lām alip

Sample Texts

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Below some examples of Sulu in both Latin and Arabic scripts:[16]

  • Latin script:
    • Wayruun tuhan malayngkan Allāh, hi Muhammad ing (in) rasūl sin Allāh
  • Arabic script
    • وَيْرُؤُنْ تُهَنْ مَلَيِڠْکَنْ هَالله، هِمُحَمَّدْ اِڠْ رَسُولْ سِنْ الله‎
  • English translation


  • Latin script
    • Uu kamu manga bang-sa Islam dii haka-pu'-pu' an Suug, agad tu'ud kamy sing da'akun i-ban sing tagga-hun sing parin-ta.
  • Arabic script
    • اُو كَمْ مَڠَ بَڠْ‌سَ اِسْلَامْ دِي هَكَ فُؤْ۲ اَنْ سُوغْ اَغَدْ تُؤُدْ كَمُ سِڠْ دَأَ كُنْ اِ بَنْ سِڠْ تَغَّ هُنْ سِڠْ فَرِنْ تَ.‎
  • English translation
    • Oh ye of Islamic race here in the Sulu Archipelago, obey ye fully the orders and prhibitions of the government.

Examples

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English Tausūg Latin Script Tausūg Arabic Script
What is your name? Unu in ngān mu?[a] / Siyu in ngān mu? اُنُ اِنْ ڠَانْ مُ؟ / سِيُ اِنْ ڠَانْ مُ؟‎
My name is Muhammad. In ngān ku Muhammad. اِنْ ڠَانْ كُ مُحَّمَدْ.‎
How are you? Maunu-unu na kaw? مَؤُنُ اُنُ نَكَوْ؟‎
I am good. Marayaw da isab. مَرَيَوْ دَ اِسَبْ.‎
Where is Ahmad? Hariin hi Ahmad? هَرَينْ هِ اَحْمَدْ؟‎
He is in the house. Yadtu siya ha bāy. يَدْتُ سِيَ هَ بَايْ.‎
Thank you! Magsukul kaymu! مَغْسُكُلْ كَيْمُ‎‎

Loanwords

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Many Tausug words derive from the Arabic language.

Some examples of Arabic words in Tausug are

Tausūg Word Meaning (Tausūg) Arabic Word Pronunciation Meaning (Arabic)
Adab manners أدب adab manners
Ahirat hereafter آخرة ākhirah hereafter
Ajayb amazing عجيب 'ajīb amazing
Akkal intelligence عقل 'Aql intellect
Alam universe عالم 'ālam world
Allāh God (Allah) الله Allāh God (Allah)
Amānat message أمانة amānah trust
Ammal use عمل 'amal to make
Awal origin أوّل awwal first
Awliya ascetic أولياء awliyā' ascetics
Ayat verse آية āyah verse
Ayb shame عيب 'ayb shame
Barawi Desert robber بدوي badawī bedouin
Batāl unclean باطل bātil void
Bilāl Muezzin/caller to prayer بلال Bilāl Bilal ibn Rabah
Daawa excuse/alibi دعوة da'wah invitation
Duhul extremity دخول dukhūl entrance
Daira city دائرة dā'irah area
Dayyus cuckold ديّوث dayyūth cuckold
Dunya earth دنيا dunyā world
Duwaa prayer دعاء du'ā prayer/supplication
Habal news خبر khabar news
Hadas impurity حدث hadath impurity
Hakīka birth ritual عقيقة aqīqah birth ritual
Hakīkat truth حقيقة haqīqah truth
Hatīb speaker خطيب khatīb speaker
Hawa Eve حواء Hawā' Eve
Hidāyat announcement هداية hidāyah guidance
Hikmat wisdom حكمة hikmah wisdom
Hukum judge حكم hukm ruling
Humus alms خمس khums fifth
Hutba' sermon خطبة khutbah sermon
Hurup sound of a letter حروف hurūf letters
Ibilīs demon إبليس Iblīs devil
Ihilās sincerity إخلاص ikhlās sincerity
Ijin blessing إذن idhn permission
Ilmu' knowledge علم 'ilm knowledge
Imān forbearingness إيمان īmān faith
Intiha' end إنتهى intihā end
Irādat determination إرادة irādah determination
Islām Islam إسلام Islām Islam
Istigapar to beg pardon إستغفار istighfār to beg pardon
Instinja pure إستنجاء istinjā' to clean one's self
Jabūr Psalms زبور zabūr Psalms
Jāhil foolish جاهل jāhil ignorant
Jakāt tithe زكاة zakāh tithe
Jamāa congregation جماعة jamā'ah congregation
Jamān clock زمان zamān time
Janāja bier جنازة janāzah funeral
Jāt appearance ذات dhāt self
Jaytūn olive زيتون zaytūn olive
Jin spirit جنّ jinn demon
Jinā adultery زنا zinā adultery
Juba garment جبّة jubbah garment
Jubul anus دبر dubr anus
Junub pollution جنوب junūb dirty
Jurriyat lineage ذرية dhurriyyah offspring
Kahawa coffee قهوة qahwah coffee
Kāpil disbeliever كافر kāfir disbeliever
Karāmat miracle كرامة karāmah miracle
Kawwāt power قوّة quwwah force
Kubul grave قبور qubūr graves
Kudarat Power of God قدرة qudrah ability
Kulbān sacrifice قربان qurbān sacrifice
Kuppiya' male head covering كوفيّة kūffiyah kefiyyeh
Kupul disbelief كفز kufr disbelief
Lidjiki' blessing رزق rizq sustenance
Maana meaning معنة ma'nah meaning
Magrib sunset مغرب maghrib sunset
Magsukul Thanks شكر shukr thanks
Mahluk human مخلوق maklūq created
Maksud purpose مقصود maqsūd intended
Makbul fulfilled مقبول maqbūl accepted
Malak Beautiful ملك malak Angel
Maruhum deceased مرحوم marhūm deceased
Masrik east مشرق mashriq east
Matakaddam parable متقدّم mutaqaddam preceding
Mayat corpse ميت mayt dead
Mujijat mystery معجزة mu'jizah miracle
Mulid pupil مريد murīd pupil
Munapik hypocrite منافق munāfiq hypocrite
Murtad apostate مرتد murtad apostate
Muskil uncommon مشكل mushkil problem
Mustahak lawful owner مستحقّ mustahaqq deserving
Mustajab occurred مستجاب mustajāb answered
Muwallam scholar معلّم mu'allim teacher
Nabī prophet نبي nabī prophet
Najal promise نذر nadhar vow/promise
Najjis filth ناجس nājis filthy
Napas breath نفس nafas breathe
Napsu desire نفس nafs ego/desire
Nasihat advice نصيحة nasīhah advice
Paham familiarity فهم fahm understanding
Pardu' legislation فرض fard compulsory
Piil action فعل fi'l action
Pikil think فكر fikr thought
Pir'awn Pharaoh فرعون fir'awn Pharaoh
Rahmat blessing رحمة rahmah mercy
Rasūl messenger رسول rasūl messenger
Ruku' bow ركوع rukū' bowing
Rukun precept ركن rukn pillar
Sabab because سبب sabab reason/cause
Sahabat follower صحابة sahābah companions
Saytān Satan شيطان shaytān Satan
Sual discussion سؤال su'āl question
Subu dawn صبح subh dawn
Sunnat female circumcision سنّة sunnah tradition/sunnah
Takabbul arrogant تكبّر takabbur arrogance
Takwīm calendar تقويم taqwīm calendar
Tallak divorce طلاق talāq divorce
Tarasul Tausug poem تراسل tarāsul correspondence
Tasbi prayer beads تسبيح tasbīh praise
Ummul age عمر 'amr age
Wajib compulsory واجب wājib compulsory
Wakap pause وقف waqf pause
Waktu time وقت waqt time

Tausūg words derived from Sanskrit

Tausūg Word Meaning (Tausūg) Sanskrit Word Pronunciation Meaning (Sanskrit)
Guru غُرُ‎ teacher गुरु guru teacher
Naga نَغَ‎ dragon नाग nāga serpent
Āgama آغَمَ‎ religion आगम āgama religion
Lahu' لَهُؤْ‎ eclipse राहु rāhu eclipse
Lupa لُفَ‎ appearance रूप rūpa appearance
Dukka دُكَّ‎ grieve दुःख duḥkha suffering
Sutla' سُتْلَأْ‎ silk सूत्र sūtra to sew/thread

Notes

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  1. ^ "Unu in ngān mu?" is a literal translation of Tagalog question "Ano ang pangalan mo?" (or "What is your name?" in English) but is not used by autochthonous Tausūg in day-to-day conversations. To use "Unu in ngān mu" is a glaring sign that the speaker is not a Tausug. "Siyu (or Hisiyu) in ngān mu?" is used for knowing the given or personal name, but to know other callings that are not personal, "Unu" is used, as in: "Unu in pagtawag kaymu ha bāy?" (What is your calling in the house?... "In pagtawag kāku' Bungsu, sabab aku in kabungsuhan." (My calling is Bungsu because I am the youngest); "Unu in ama' mu? Siyu in ngān niya?" (What is your father? What is his name?)..."In ama' ku mangingista'. In ngān niya hi Abdulla." (My father is a fisherman. His name is Abdulla); [citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2010 Census of Population and Housing, Report No. 2A - Demographic and Housing Characteristics (Non-Sample Variables)" (PDF). Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Bangahan, Benjamin S. (2015). "English-Bahasa Sūg Dictionary". Vibal Publishing House.
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