Butuanon

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Butuanon is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the city of Butuan and surrounding areas in northeastern Mindanao in the southern Philippines.

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Butuanon canonical 11

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Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Central Philippine language
Philippine language
closelyRelatedTo Cebuano language
surface form: Cebuano

Surigaonon
Tausug
continent Asia
country Philippines
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Butuanon people
geographicDistribution City of Butuan and surrounding areas in northeastern Mindanao
hasAlternativeName Butuanon language
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian
surface form: Proto-Austronesian language

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language
Proto-Philippine language
hasLoanwordsFrom Cebuano language
surface form: Cebuano

Spanish
Tagalog
ISO639-3Code btw
languageCodeStandard ISO 639-3
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageGroup Greater Central Philippine languages
surface form: Central Philippine languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
lexifier none (not a creole)
partOf languages of the Philippines
phonologicalFeature has contrastive stress
primaryCity Butuan
region Mindanao
spokenBy Butuanon people
spokenIn Agusan del Norte
Butuan
Mindanao
Philippines
northeastern Mindanao
typologicalFeature Austronesian alignment
verb–initial word order
usedIn daily communication in parts of Butuan
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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