Mapun

E183459

Mapun is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Mapun people of the southern Philippines, particularly on Mapun (Cagayan de Sulu) Island in the Sulu Sea.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mapun canonical 2
Mapun Sama 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
alternateName Cagayan de Sulu language
Cagayanen
Mapun
surface form: Mapun Sama

Jama Mapun
surface form: Sama Mapun
closelyRelatedTo Pangutaran Sama
Sama language
Yakan language
country Philippines
endangermentStatus vulnerable (needs documentation and support)
ethnicGroup Mapun people
hasAlignmentType Philippine-type voice system
hasDomain local trade in Sulu Sea
traditional maritime culture
hasLinguasphereCode 31-MFF-b
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic
Tagalog
surface form: Filipino (Tagalog-based)

Malay
Spanish
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported in some descriptions)
hasReligionContext predominantly Muslim-speaking community
hasWordOrder verb–object–subject (VOS) tendency
verb–subject–object (VSO) tendency
ISO639-3Code sjm
languageBranch Malayo-Polynesian languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
languageGroup Sama–Bajaw
neighboringLanguages Sama-Banguingui
Tausug
Yakan
region Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
spokenBy Mapun people
spokenIn Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi Island
surface form: Cagayan de Sulu Island

Mapun Island NERFINISHED
Philippines
Sulu Sea
surface form: Sulu Sea region

southern Philippines
subfamilyOf Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup
surface form: Sama–Bajaw languages
usedIn daily communication among Mapun people
local oral tradition
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

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

Mapun alternateName Mapun
this entity surface form: Mapun Sama
Mupun hasAlternateName Mapun