Wikang Tausug

Sulu, Tawi-Tawi

Ang lugar na nakalimbag ng yellow ay ang lugar na karamihan ay nagsasalita ng dayalektong Tausug.

Tausug ay isang panrehiyong wika na sinasalita sa lalawigan ng Sulu sa Pilipinas, sa silangang bahagi ng estado ng Sabah, Malaysia, at sa Hilagang Kalimantan, Indonesia ng mga tausurong tao.

Populasyon

1.1 million na mga Pilipino

Ito ay malawakang sinasalita sa Sulu Archipelago (Tawi-Tawi), Zamboanga Peninsula (Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur, at Zamboanga City), Southern Palawan, Malaysia (silangang Sabah) at Indonesia (Hilagang Kalimantan). Ang Tausug at Chavacano ang tanging mga wikang Pilipino na sinasalita sa isla ng Borneo.

The name of the language in Tausug is Bahasa Sūg ("language of Sulu"). Tausūg is derived from two words: Tau ("person") and sūg ("current"), presumably referring to their economic livelihood that depends on the strong currents of the Sulu Sea, where they used to trans-navigate as fishermen, pearl divers and traders.

Even today, the Sulu Sea is still the strategic trade route of the southern Philippines and the nearby ASEAN nations. As early as the 10th century, the trade route between Sulu and China and North Borneo is believed to have been already flourishing. The people in the area were known as the "people of the current", the literal translation of "Tausūg".

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