Austronesian language spoken by Butuanon people in northeastern Mindanao
Butuanon is an Austronesian regional language spoken by the Butuanon people in Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur , with some native speakers in Misamis Oriental and Surigao del Norte . It is a part of the Bisayan language family and is closely related to other Philippine languages . As of 2007, Butuanon is believed to be spoken by fewer than 500 youngsters in Butuan itself.[2]
Butuanon is very closely related to the Tausug language of distant Sulu and the Surigaonon language of neighboring provinces Surigao del Sur and Surigao del Norte .
Orthography [ edit ] a – [a] b – [b] d – [d] g – [g] h – [h] i – [i] k – [k] l – [l] m – [m] n – [n] ng – [ŋ] ny – [ɲ] o – [o] p – [p] r – [r] s – [s] t – [t] u – [u] w – [w] y – [j] Long vowels are written as double letters (e.g. aa, ii, etc.)[3]
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