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Balangingi

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3: sse

Population	80,000 in Philippines (2007 SIL). Population total all countries: 84,000.
Region	Western Mindanao, Sulu Archipelago northeast of Jolo, islands and coastal areas of Zamboanga coast peninsula and Basilan Island. Possibly on Luzon and Palawan. Northern Sama on Luzon at White Beach near Subic Bay; Lutangan in western Mindanao, Olutangga Island. Also in Malaysia (Sabah).
Language map	Southern Philippines, reference number 120
Alternate names	Baangingi’, Balanguingui, Bangingi Sama, Northern Sama, Northern Sinama, Sama
Dialects	Lutangan (Lutango), Sibuco-Vitali (Sibuku), Sibuguey (Batuan), Balangingi, Daongdung, Kabinga’an. Most Lutangan understand Balangingi, the prestige dialect. Intelligibility with Central Sama [sml] 71%, 83% with Lutangan, 85% with Sibuco-Vitali. Lexical similarity: 77% with Lutangan, 75% with Sibuco-Vitali.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Barito, Sama-Bajaw, Sulu-Borneo, Inner Sulu Sama
Language use	Vigorous. Home, community. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Tausug [tsg], Chavacano [cbk], English or Filipino [fil].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 40%–45%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%–45%. Most urban men are literate. Grammar. Bible portions: 1979–1988.
Writing system	Arabic script, plans for future development using this script. Latin script.
Comments	Fishermen; traders; agriculturalists; professional. Muslim.

Also spoken in:

Malaysia (Sabah)

Language name	Balangingi
Population	4,000 in Malaysia (2000).
Region	East coast of Sabah.
Language map	Malaysia - Sabah, reference number 108
Alternate names	Baangingi’, Balagnini, Balangingi Bajau, Balanian, Balanini, Balignini, Banadan, Binadan, Northern Sinama, Sama

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BLAKELY, John, author. 2001. "Functions of demonstratives in Sama Bangingiʼ expository discourse."  

DIMENT, Eunice, author. 1995. "Bāngingi Sama: introduction and wordlist."

GAULT, JoAnn Marie, author. 1979. "Phonemics and morphophonemics of Sama Baangingi."

GAULT, JoAnn Marie, author. 1986. "Focal content in Sama Bangingi narrative discourse."  

GAULT, JoAnn Marie, author. 1999. An ergative description of Sama Bangingiʼ.

GAULT, JoAnn Marie, author. 2003. "Pronouns in Sama Bangingi' hortatory discourse."