Sibuco-Vitali Sama

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Sibuco-Vitali
Sibuku, Bitali, Nawan
EthnicitySibucoanon
Native speakers
11,000 [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog sibu1254

Sibuco-Vitali Sama (Sibuku, Bitali, Nawan) is a variety of Inner Sulu Sama, a language spoken in the Philippines. It has approximately 11,000 speakers and is spoken in the Zamboanga Peninsula, 50 km north of Zamboanga City. [1] [2] Sibuco Sama people which borders a large population of Western Subanon, like the Western Subanon, both use the language of wider communication, namely Cebuano language. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Living in the Philippines - S (Languages That Filipino Used) | Philippines Languages". Archived from the original on April 2, 2014.
  2. Frawley, William (May 2003). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics: 4-Volume Set. William Frawley. pp. 497, 547. ISBN   978-0-19-513977-8.
  3. Hall, William C. (1991). "Ethnic minority languages within the wider Philippine social context" (PDF). International Journal of the Sociology of Language. Michigan: University of Michigan: 59–68. doi: 10.1515/ijsl.1991.88.59 via Walter de Gruyter.