tiếng Tausug

Also known as Joloano, Sulu, Suluk, Tausug language, tsg

Visayan language spoken in the Philippines and Malaysia

Native to: Philippines , Malaysia , Indonesia
Region: — Spoken throughout the Sulu Archipelago (Basilan and Tawi-Tawi), southern Palawan,eastern Sabah and northern portion of North Kalimantan , — Also spoken in Zamboanga City and Zamboanga Peninsula
Ethnicity: Tausūg
Native speakers: 1.93 million (2013–2020)
Language family: Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Central Philippine Bisayan Southern Bisayan Butuan –Tausug Tausūg
Writing system: Latin ( Filipino alphabet ), Arabic ( Jawi alphabet ), Historically Luntar Sūg
Official language in: Regional language in the Philippines
Regulated by: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Iso 639 3: tsg
Glottolog: taus1251