Editing Tausug language (section)

{{Short description|Austronesian language of the Tausug people}}
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{{Infobox language
| name             = Tausūg
| nativename       = {{lang|tsg-Latn|Bahasa Sūg}}, {{Script/Arabic|بَهَسَ سُوْغْ}}
| states           = [[Philippines]]<br>[[Malaysia]]<br>[[Indonesia]]
| region           = — Spoken throughout the [[Sulu Archipelago]] (Basilan and Tawi-Tawi), southern Palawan,eastern [[Sabah]] and northern portion of [[North Kalimantan]] <br>— Also spoken in [[Zamboanga City]] and [[Zamboanga Peninsula]]
| ethnicity        = [[Tausūg people|Tausūg]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|1.925261|3}} million
| date             = 2013–2020
| ref              = <ref>
* Household language size in the Philippines (2020 census): {{Cite web |date=March 7, 2023 |title=Tagalog is the Most Widely Spoken Language at Home (2020 Census of Population and Housing) |url=https://psa.gov.ph/content/tagalog-most-widely-spoken-language-home-2020-census-population-and-housing |website=Tagalog is the Most Widely Spoken Language at Home (2020 Census of Population and Housing)}}
* Suluk speakers in Malaysia (2013): {{cite journal |first1=Amrullah |last1=Maraining |first2=Zaini |last2=Othman |first3=Marsitah |last3=Mohd Radzi |first4=Md Saffie |last4=Abdul Rahim |date=December 31, 2018 |title=Komuniti Suluk dan Persoalan Migrasi: 'Sirih Pulang ke Gagang' |trans-title=The Community of Sulu and the Issue of Migration |language=ms |journal=Jurnal Kinabalu |volume=24 |page=44 |doi=10.51200/ejk.v24i.1678 |doi-broken-date=April 15, 2025 |doi-access=free}}</ref>{{efn|The number of speakers in the Philippines is calculated from the reported number of households, based on an average household size of 5.9 persons in the [[Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao]] as of 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 Mar 2022 |title=Household Population, Number of Households, and Average Household Size of the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing) |url=https://psa.gov.ph/content/household-population-number-households-and-average-household-size-philippines-2020-census |access-date=13 Mar 2023 |website=Household Population, Number of Households, and Average Household Size of the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing)}}</ref>}}
| familycolor      = Austronesian
| fam2             = [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]
| fam3             = [[Philippine languages|Philippine]]
| fam4             = [[Greater Central Philippine languages|Greater Central Philippine]]
| fam5             = [[Central Philippine languages|Central Philippine]]
| fam6             = [[Bisayan languages|Bisayan]]
| fam7             = Southern Bisayan
| fam8             = [[Butuanon language|Butuan]]–Tausug
| script           = [[Latin script|Latin]] ([[Filipino alphabet]])<br />[[Arabic script|Arabic]] ([[Jawi alphabet]])<br />''Historically [[Baybayin|Luntar Sūg]]''
| nation           = [[Regional language]] in the [[Philippines]]
| agency           = [[Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino]]
| iso3             = tsg
| glotto           = taus1251
| glottorefname    = Tausug
| map              = Tausug language map.png
| mapcaption       = {{legend|#c12939|Areas where Tausūg is the majority language}}
| notice           = IPA
}}

'''Tausūg''' ({{lang|tsg|Bahasa Sūg}}, {{lang|tsg-Arab|بَهَسَ سُوْغْ}},<ref name="Bangahan2015" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jannaral |first=Julmunir I. |date=2019-09-11 |title=English-Bahasa Sug Dictionary Launched Today |language=en |work=The Manila Times |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2019/09/11/news/regions/english-bahasa-sug-dictionary-launched-today/614153/ |access-date=2020-12-03}}</ref> {{langx|fil|Bahása Sug}}, {{langx|ms|Bahasa Suluk, بهاس سولوق|lit=Language of Sulu/the Tausūg people}}) is an [[Austronesian language]] spoken in the [[Provinces of the Philippines|province]] of [[Sulu]] in the [[Philippines]] and in the eastern area of the state of [[Sabah]], [[Malaysia]]. It is widely spoken in the [[Sulu Archipelago]] (Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, and [[Basilan]]), the [[Zamboanga Peninsula]] ([[Zamboanga del Norte]], [[Zamboanga Sibugay]], [[Zamboanga del Sur]], and [[Zamboanga City]]), southern [[Palawan]], [[Malaysia]] (eastern [[Sabah]]), and [[Indonesia]] ([[Tarakan|Tarakan City]] and [[Nunukan Regency]], province of [[North Kalimantan]]).

Tausūg has some lexical similarities or near similarities with [[Surigaonon language]] of the provinces [[Surigao del Norte]], [[Surigao del Sur]], and [[Agusan del Sur]] and with the [[Butuanon language]] of [[Agusan del Norte]]; it has also some vocabulary similarities with [[Sugbuanon]], [[Bikol languages|Bicolano]], and with other [[Philippine languages]].<ref name="Bangahan2015" /> Many [[Malay language|Malay]] and [[Arabic]] words are found in Tausug language.