Butuanon language

E170147

The Butuanon language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in and around Butuan City in Mindanao, Philippines.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Butuanon language canonical 7
Agusanon 1
Butuanon Binisaya 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Malayo-Polynesian language
Philippine language
belongsTo Butuan cultural area
closelyRelatedTo Cebuano language
Surigaonon language
Tausug language
country Philippines
documentedIn descriptive grammars and wordlists by Philippine linguists
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Butuanon people
hasAlternativeName Butuan
surface form: Binutuanon

Butuanon language
surface form: Butuanon Binisaya
hasDomain home and community communication
hasFeature focus/voice system typical of Philippine languages
preposed markers for case and definiteness
rich verbal affixation
hasGlottocode butu1240
hasGlottologName Butuanon
hasGrammarType predicate-initial language
hasLinguasphereCode 31-CGA-f
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate 100000+
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system
simple consonant inventory typical of Philippine languages
hasResearchField Philippine linguistics
hasSociolinguisticSituation often used in rural areas around Butuan City
under pressure from Cebuano shift
hasStandardForm urban Butuanon variety
hasTypology Austronesian alignment
hasWordOrder verb–object–subject
verb–subject–object
influencedBy Cebuano language
English
surface form: English language

Tagalog
surface form: Tagalog language
ISO639-3Code btw
isPartOf Mindanao linguistic area
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Philippine languages
region Caraga
surface form: Caraga Region
spokenIn Agusan del Norte
Butuan City
Mindanao
Philippines
subclassOf Greater Central Philippine languages
usedAs vernacular language in Butuan City
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bisayan languages subgroup hasMember Butuanon language
Butuanon hasAlternativeName Butuanon language
Kamayo language closelyRelatedTo Butuanon language
Surigaonon language closelyRelatedTo Butuanon language
Surigaonon language distinctFrom Butuanon language
Butuanon language hasAlternativeName Butuanon language
this entity surface form: Butuanon Binisaya
Visayan languages hasLanguage Butuanon language
Agusan del Sur hasDemonym Butuanon language
this entity surface form: Agusanon