Tausug
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Tausug
- A Visayan language (Malayo-Polynesian) spoken mainly in Sulu province in the Philippines, eastern Sabah in Malaysia and North Kalimantan in Indonesia.
Translations[edit]
A Visayan language
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Ethnologue entry for Tausug, tsg
Anagrams[edit]
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Tausug Tausūg, from tau sūg (literally “people of the current”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Tausúg (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔)
Usage notes[edit]
- While also commonly used to refer to the language, the Tausug actually use the term strictly to the people and instead use Tausug Bahasa Sūg or Sinūg for the language.
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Tausug”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tausug[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tau (“person”) + sug (“current”), literally “people of the current”. Equivalent to Cebuano tawo sa sulog.
Proper noun[edit]
Tausug
- the Tausug people, an ethnic group who live mainly in Sulu, other parts of Mindanao, Indonesia and Malaysia
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