Butuanon language
Austronesian language spoken by Butuanon people in northeastern Mindanao
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Butuanon (Binutwanon, [binutwɐnʊn]) is an Austronesian language[2] spoken by the Butuanon people in Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur, with some native speakers in Misamis Oriental and Surigao del Norte. It is a part of the Bisayan language family and is closely related to other Philippine languages. As of 2007, Butuanon is believed to be spoken by fewer than 500 younger speakers in Butuan itself.[3]
| Butuanon | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philippines |
| Ethnicity | Butuanons |
Native speakers | 72,000 (2005 [needs update])[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | btw |
| Glottolog | butu1244 |
Butuanon is very closely related to the Tausug language of distant Sulu and the Surigaonon language of neighboring provinces Surigao del Sur and Surigao del Norte, making these all three languages being the Visayan languages geographically native to Mindanao.
Phonology
Grammar
Morphosyntactic alignment
Butuanon has four triggers:
- agent
- patient
- circumstantial
- instrument
| direct | indirect | oblique | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| general | ang | hong | sa[a] | |
| personal | singular | si | ni | kang |
| plural | sinda | ninda | kanda | |
- Sa may be dropped, replaced with hong, or replaced with a locative demonstrative.
Pronouns
| direct | indirect | oblique | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| postposed | preposed | |||||
| 1st | singular | ako | ko[a] | ako | kanako | |
| plural | exclusive | kami | namo | amo | kanamo | |
| inclusive | kita | ta | ato | kanato | ||
| 2nd | singular | ikaw | mo | imo | kanimo | |
| plural | kamo | niyo | iyo | kaniyo | ||
| 3rd | singular | siya | niya | iya | kaniya | |
| plural | sila | nila | ila | kanila | ||
- Replaced with ta if the object is in the second person.
