Sangirese language

Sangirese
Region Indonesia, Philippines
Native speakers
 (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. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Sangil–Sangir". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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