Tausug

• IPA^(key): /taʊˈsuɡ/

Tausug

1. A Visayan language (Malayo-Polynesian) spoken mainly in Sulu province in the Philippines, eastern Sabah in Malaysia and North Kalimantan in Indonesia.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tausug terms
• Wikipedia article on Tausug

• Ethnologue entry for Tausug, tsg ⁠

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Borrowed from Tausug Tausūg, from tau sūg (literally “people of the current”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taʔuˈsuɡ/ [tɐ.ʔʊˈsuɡ]
• Rhymes: -uɡ
• Syllabification: Ta‧u‧sug

Tausúg (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔)

1. Tausug (ethnic group)
2. Tausug (language)

• While also commonly used to refer to the language, the Tausug actually use the term strictly to the people and instead use Tausug Bahasa Sūg or Sinūg for the language.

• “Tausug”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

From tau (“person”) +‎ sug (“current”), literally “people of the current”. Equivalent to Cebuano tawo sa sulog.

Tausug

1. the Tausug people, an ethnic group who live mainly in Sulu, other parts of Mindanao, Indonesia and Malaysia