Native to Philippines Glottolog butu1244 | ISO 639-3 btw | |
Native speakers (35,000 cited 1990 census) Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine
Central Philippine
Visayan
Southern Visayan
Butuanon | ||
Butuanon is an Austronesian regional language spoken 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 Visayan language family and is closely related to other Philippine languages. As of 2007, Butuanon is spoken by fewer than 500 youngsters in Butuan itself.
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.
References
Butuanon language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA