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Sangil

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3: snl

Population	15,000 (1996 SIL).
Region	Balut Island, Sarangani Island, Mindanao.
Language map	Southern Philippines, reference number 138
Alternate names	Sanggil, Sangiré
Dialects	Sarangani, Mindanao. Lexical similarity: 90% with Sangir [sxn].
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Sangiric, Northern
Language use	Also use some Cebuano [ceb].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Bible portions: 1989.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Muslim, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

LIGHTBODY, Arthur, author. 1984. "Eliminating the hocus-pocus of focus in Sangiré."  

MARYOTT, Kenneth R., author. 1974. Sangil elevationals and the performative analysis.

MARYOTT, Kenneth R., author. 1977. "The phonemes of Sarangani Sangiré."  

MARYOTT, Kenneth R., author. 1978. "Sangiré (or Sangil) [language text]."  

SCHELLER, Donald M., author. 1991. Phonemics and morphophonemics of Sarangani Sangiré.