Sangir

Facts

  • Language: Sangir
  • Alternate names: Sangi, Sangih, Sangihé, Sangirese
  • Language code: sxn
  • Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sangiric, Northern Sangiric, Sangil-Sangir
  • Number of speakers: 200000
  • Script:

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    Introduction

    Sangir is a language of Indonesia. It is spoken in North Sulawesi Province. Northwest of east end of peninsula, Great Sangir island. Also in Philippines.

    Dialects

    Manganitu (Tamako), Siau (Sjauw), Tabukang (Tabukan), Tagulandang (Tahulandang), Taruna (Tahuna).

    The Sangir Verb

    Verblist