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Sangir

A language of Indonesia (Sulawesi)

ISO 639-3: sxn

Population	200,000 in Indonesia (1995 Indonesian Consul, Davao, Philippines). 50,000 Siau. Population total all countries: 255,000.
Region	North Sulawesi, Great Sangir Island; north Maluku. Also in Philippines.
Language map	Indonesia, Sulawesi, reference number 80
Alternate names	Sangi, Sangih, Sangihé, Sangirese
Dialects	Siau, Manganitu, Tamako, North Tabukang (Tabukang, Tabukan), South Tabukang, Central Tabukang, Kandar, Taruna, Tagulandang (Tahulandang).
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Sangiric, Northern
Language development	Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1883–1994.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Christian, Muslim.

Also spoken in:

Philippines

Language name	Sangir
Population	55,000 in Philippines (1981 SIL).
Region	Balut and Sarangani islands off of Mindanao.
Language map	Southern Philippines, reference number 139
Alternate names	Sangihé, Sangirese

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

LAIDIG, Wyn D., editor. 1999. Studies in Sulawesi Linguistics, part VI.

MARYOTT, Alice L., author. 1963. "The nuclear predication in Sangir."

MARYOTT, Kenneth R., author. 1961. "The phonology and morphophonemics of Tabukang Sangir."

MARYOTT, Kenneth R., author. 1963. "The substantive phrases of Sangir."

MARYOTT, Kenneth R., author. 1977. "The semantics of focus in Sangihé."  

MARYOTT, Kenneth R., author. 1978. "Pre-Sangir *1, *d, *r and associated phonemes, part 1."  

MARYOTT, Kenneth R., author. 1979. "The sentence in Sangihé."  

MARYOTT, Kenneth R., author. 1986. Pre-Sangir *l, *d, *r and associated phonemes.

MARYOTT, Kenneth R., author. 1990. "Dari mana asal konjungsi Bahasa Sangir?."

MARYOTT, Kenneth R., author. 1990. Pre-Sangir *l, *d, *r and associated phonemes, part 3.

MARYOTT, Kenneth R., author. 1998. "On the evolution of the clause analysis of Sangir."

MARYOTT, Kenneth R., author. 1999. "Tag questions and their answers in Sangir."

NELMAN, Mangamba; PASARIBU, Christina, translators; MARYOTT, Kenneth R., editor. 1995. Manga wekeng asalʼu tau sangihe (Cerita-cerita asal orang Sangir: Stories of the origins of the Sangir people).

Vernacular Publications

Biong baha: komolang karuane. 2000.

Manga hombang u tau Sangihẹ. 2001.

Manga wiong baha: Mangangakale kasariaenge. 1996.

Pengangendungang mebasa ringangu memohe berang Sangihe. 2001.