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Sangirese language

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Region
  
Indonesia, Philippines

Glottolog
  
nort2871

Writing system
  
Latin

Native speakers
  
(200,000 in Indonesia (1993) 70,000 in Philippines cited 1981–1996)

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Sangiric North Sangirese

ISO 639-3
  
Either: sxn – Sangir snl – Sangil

Sangirese, also known as Sangihé, Sangi, and Sangih, is an Austronesian language spoken on the islands linking northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, with Mindanao, Philippines by the Sangirese people.

References

Sangirese language Wikipedia