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Surigaonon language

Austronesian language of the Philippines

Field	Value
name	Surigaonon
altname	Tandaganon, Surigao, Surigawnon
map	Surigaonon language map.png
mapcaption	Area where Surigaonon is spoken according to Ethnologue
states	Philippines
region	Surigao del Norte, most parts of Surigao del Sur, and some portion of Dinagat Islands, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur and Davao Oriental
ethnicity	Surigaonon
speakers	500,000
date	2009
ref	e18
familycolor	Austronesian
fam2	Malayo-Polynesian
fam3	Philippine
fam4	Greater Central Philippine
fam5	Central Philippine
fam6	Bisayan
fam7	Southern Bisayan
minority	Regional language in the Philippines
agency	Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
lc1	sgd	ld1=Surigaonon
lc2	tgn	ld2=Tandaganon
glotto	suri1274
glottorefname	Surigao

Surigaonon () is an Austronesian language spoken by Surigaonon people. As a regional Philippine language, it is spoken in the province of Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Dinagat Islands, and some portions of Agusan del Norte, especially the towns near Lake Mainit, Agusan del Sur and Davao Oriental. The language, along with Butuanon and Tausug, are the only Visayan languages geographically native to Mindanao.

Surigaonon is a member of the Bisayan languages. It has been heavily influenced by Cebuano due to the influx of many Cebuanos in the region. However, most Cebuano speakers can hardly understand Surigaonon speakers, except for Cebuanos who have been living in the region for years.

Surigaonon is very closely related to the Tausug language of Sulu and the Butuanon language of Butuan.

Varieties

Tandaganon

Tandaganon (also called Tinandag, Naturalis, Tagon-on) is a closely related variety spoken in Tandag and central Surigao del Sur municipalities of San Miguel, Tago, Bayabas, Cagwait, Marihatag, San Agustin, and most of Lianga. It can be classified as a separate language or alternatively as a southern variety of Surigaonon. There are about 100,000 speakers.

Surigaonon

Surigaonon (also called Jaun-Jaun, Waya-Waya) itself on the other hand is the northern (Surigao del Norte) variety, with about 400,000 speakers. Surigaonon speakers are distributed throughout Surigao del Norte, northern Surigao del Sur, and northern Agusan del Norte. Surigaonon and Tandaganon speakers can understand each other well, even if they use their own languages in conversation (similar to the mutual intelligibility between the Boholano dialect and the general Cebuano dialect).

Together, Surigaonon and Tandaganon are spoken in Surigao del Norte and most parts of Surigao del Sur, except in the City of Bislig, municipalities of Barobo, Hinatuan, Lingig, and Tagbina. In the non-Surigaonon-speaking areas of Surigao, most of the inhabitants are descended from Cebuano-speaking migrants, and the rest are natives who speak Kamayo, a Mansakan language.

Phonology

According to Dumanig (2015), Surigaonon has a similar phonological inventory as its sister Bisayan languages, Cebuano and Boholano.

Vowels

Below is the vowel system of Surigaonon.

Front	Central	Back	Close	Open

Consonants

Below is a chart of Surigaonon consonants.

Bilabial	Dental	Palatal	Velar	Glottal	Nasal	Plosive	Voiceless	Voiced	Affricate	Fricative	Flap	Lateral	Approximant

Note: is spelled y, is spelled j and is spelled ng.

References

{{Glottolog. suri1274. Surigao
Hall, Bill. (August 25, 2009). "Request for New Language Code Element in ISO 639-3".
"Surigaonon".
Dumanig, Francisco Perlas. (2015). "Descriptive Analysis of the Surigaonon Language". Polyglossia.

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