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Surigaonon is a Philippine language spoken by Surigaonon people in the province of Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, and
some portions of Agusan del Norte especially the towns near the Mainit Lake, Agusan del Sur and Davao Oriental. Though it
seems related to Cebuano it was due mainly to the influx of many Cebuanos in the region and some Cebuano words were loaned,
although most Cebuano speakers can hardly understand Surigaonon speakers except for Cebuanos who has been living in the region
for years. It is very closely related to the Tausug language of Sulu (specially the root Tausug language without the Arabic
words influence) and the dying Butuanon dialect of Butuan. The very close variety spoken in Tandag city, San Miguel, Tago,
Bayabas, Cagwait, Marihatag, San Agustin and most part of Lianga is called Tandaganon and it can be classified as a separate
language or simply just a southern variation of Surigaonon at which most of the speakers lives in the south and Surigaonon
itself is the northern variation which has far more speakers than Tandaganon to which they occupies all of the municipalities
of Surigao del Norte and the northern municipalities of Surigao del Sur. Surigaonon and Tandaganon can understandand each
other perfectly well even if they use their own languages when talking to each other (The same treatment to Boholano dialect
of Cebuano). Surigaonon or/and Tandaganon is spoken in Surigao del Norte and most part of Surigao del Sur (except in the City
of Bislig, Municipalities of Barobo, Hinatuan, Lingig and Tagbina wherein most of the inhabitants are descendants of Cebuanos
who migrated from Visayas who speak Cebuano and the rest are natives who speak Kamayo a different language but distantly related
to Surigaonon). It has similar consonant and vowel sounds and stress and intonation patterns as the Cebuano and Boholano languages.
Surigaonon underwent certain morphophonemic processes, such as assimilation, deletion, alternation and metathesis (Dumanig,
2005). In the study conducted by Dumanig (2005), Descriptive Analysis of Surigaonon language it was found that there are 18
consonants (b, d, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, ng, p, r, s, t, w, y, o, ?) with 18 sounds and 3 vowels (a,i,u) with 5 sounds. It has
also 25 consonant clusters (br, bl, bw, by, dr, dy, dw, gr, gw, kr, kl, kw, mw, my, nw, pr, pl, pw, py, sw, sy, tr, tw, ty,
hw) and 4 diphthongs (aw, ay, iw, uy), which is similar to Cebuano (Rubrico, 1999). There are Surigaonon words that are spelled
similarly but they differ in meaning depending on how each syllable is stressed (Dumanig, 2005). Surigaonon follows two intonation
patterns - rising and falling intonation. Rising intonation is common in asking yes-no questions and falling intonation occurs
when ending declarative and imperative statements (Dumanig, 2005). There are also morphophonemic changes, such as deletion,
alternation and metathesis. |
Names (more)[en] Surigaonon language[fr] Surigaonon [th] ภาษาซูริเกานอน [vi] Tiếng Surigaonon |
Language type : Living
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