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Butuanon is an Austronesian language spoken in Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur with some native speakers in Misamis Oriental and Surigao del Norte. According to an article in the Manila Times as of 2007 Butuanon is spoken by fewer than 500 youngsters in Butuan itself.Butuanon is very closely related to the Tausug language of distant Sulu and the Surigaonon language of neighboring provinces Surigao del Sur and Surigao del Norte.

ISO 639-3 code
btw
family
Malayo-Polynesian languages, Central Philippine languages, Philippine languages, Mansakan languages
spoken in
Philippines

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