Editing Tausug language (section)

==Classification==
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Tausūg is an [[Austronesian language]]. It is classified by linguists as being a member of the [[Bisayan languages]] family, which includes [[Cebuano language|Cebuano]] and [[Waray language|Waray]].<ref name="Zorc">{{Cite book |title=The Bisayan Dialects of the Philippines: Subgrouping and Reconstruction |last=Zorc |first=David Paul |date=1977 |publisher=Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University |isbn=0858831570 |location=Canberra, Australia |doi=10.15144/PL-C44 |doi-access=free |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/bisayandialectso0044zorc }}</ref>  In particular, it has many similarities with the [[Surigaonon language]] of the provinces [[Surigao del Norte]], [[Surigao del Sur]] and [[Agusan del Sur]] and with the [[Butuanon language]] of [[Agusan del Norte]]<ref name="Zorc" /> – both spoken in northeastern Mindanao; hence, Zorc (1977) groups these three languages as part of a "South Bisayan" grouping.