Tausug: A Butuanon Language
Tausug: A Butuanon Language
A RESEARCH PAPER
Presented to Ma’am Hazel Hinay
Of Arts and Sciences Program
Father Saturnino Urios University
In Partial Fulfillment of
The Final Requirements for the Class
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
by
Watson, Jonathan Allen
May, 2015
Chapter 1
Introduction
The Tausug language is one found amongst the Tausug people in three different countries; the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. When one thinks of such a language, they may be reminded of the ethnic identity of the Tausugs; a mostly Muslim people of Southeast Asia relating to the political issue between the Southwestern Mindanao and Sabah Malaysia. Surprisingly, despite the idea of being a people who originated from such an area, linguistics has pointed their origin (or at least, their language origin) elsewhere: Butuan, an ancient kingdom from Northeastern Mindanao.
Statement of the Problem This study aims to understand the linguistic relationship between the languages of Tausug and Butuanon. Specifically, it aims to answer the following questions:
1. How many cognates of Butuanon can be found in Tausug?
2. How many non-Butuanon cognates can be found in Tausug?
3. What are the cognates of Butuanon found in Tausug?
4. What are the non-Butuanon cognates found in Tausug?
5. Where did the non-Butuanon cognates in Tausug come from?
Theoretical Framework The theoretical framework used here is the concept of language change. Three types of language change are known; vocabulary, sentence structure, and pronunciation. Since this study is focused on a data collection of words, language change acknowledged shall be the vocabulary and pronunciation. Focus is put upon the concept of cognates, or similarities of words within a language family, which happen through language change. This helps the researcher to understand the relationship between the two languages within this study (Tausug and Butuanon).
Scope and Limitation
Four languages will be used in regard to
A RESEARCH PAPER
Presented to Ma’am Hazel Hinay
Of Arts and Sciences Program
Father Saturnino Urios University
In Partial Fulfillment of
The Final Requirements for the Class
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
by
Watson, Jonathan Allen
May, 2015
Chapter 1
Introduction
The Tausug language is one found amongst the Tausug people in three different countries; the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. When one thinks of such a language, they may be reminded of the ethnic identity of the Tausugs; a mostly Muslim people of Southeast Asia relating to the political issue between the Southwestern Mindanao and Sabah Malaysia. Surprisingly, despite the idea of being a people who originated from such an area, linguistics has pointed their origin (or at least, their language origin) elsewhere: Butuan, an ancient kingdom from Northeastern Mindanao.
Statement of the Problem This study aims to understand the linguistic relationship between the languages of Tausug and Butuanon. Specifically, it aims to answer the following questions:
1. How many cognates of Butuanon can be found in Tausug?
2. How many non-Butuanon cognates can be found in Tausug?
3. What are the cognates of Butuanon found in Tausug?
4. What are the non-Butuanon cognates found in Tausug?
5. Where did the non-Butuanon cognates in Tausug come from?
Theoretical Framework The theoretical framework used here is the concept of language change. Three types of language change are known; vocabulary, sentence structure, and pronunciation. Since this study is focused on a data collection of words, language change acknowledged shall be the vocabulary and pronunciation. Focus is put upon the concept of cognates, or similarities of words within a language family, which happen through language change. This helps the researcher to understand the relationship between the two languages within this study (Tausug and Butuanon).
Scope and Limitation
Four languages will be used in regard to