Sangiric languages

Sangiric
Sangiric
Geographic; distribution	northern Sulawesi
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Sangiric; ; ;
Subdivisions	North; Talaud; Sangirese; South; Bantik; Ratahan;
Glottolog	sang1335

The Sangiric languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken in North Sulawesi, Indonesia and several small islands to the north which belong to the Philippines. They are classified as a branch of the Philippine subgroup.^[1]

Classification

The following classification scheme is from Sneddon (1984:57).^[2]

North Sangiric
- Talaud
- Sangirese
South Sangiric
- Bantik
- Ratahan

The North Sangiric languages are spoken in the Sangir and Talaud archipelagos of Indonesia just north of Sulawesi, as well as the Sarangani Islands of the Philippines just south of Mindanao. The South Sangiric languages are spoken in scattered locations on the northern tip of Sulawesi. Bantik is spoken in the Manado region, while Ratahan is spoken just south of Lake Tondano.

References

^ Adelaar, K. Alexander & Himmelmann, Nikolaus (2005). The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. London: Routledge.
^ Sneddon, James N. (1984). Proto-Sangiric and the Sangiric languages. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

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[1] Adelaar, K. Alexander & Himmelmann, Nikolaus (2005). The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. London: Routledge.

[2] Sneddon, James N. (1984). Proto-Sangiric and the Sangiric languages. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

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