Sibuco-Vitali Sama

Sibuco-Vitali Sama
Sibuku, Bitali, Nawan
RegionZamboanga Peninsula
EthnicitySibucoanon
Native speakers
11,000[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologsibu1254

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. ^ a b "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.