Alternate Names: Tuboy Subanon
Dialects: Dapitan, Dikayu, Miatan, Piyau, Salog (Salug). 63% intelligibility of Central Subanen ,, 40% of Southern Subanen ,. Lexical similarity: 87% with Central Subanen ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 85,400 (2010 SIL), increasing. 0 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 85,400.
Language Use: Home, church, community, group discussion. All ages. Positive attitudes. 86% also use Cebuano [ceb]. Acquired through community, school, travel, and some homes and churches. Used by Cebuanos who are married to Subanens.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 86%. Literacy rate in L2: 86%. Few local grade schools. Poetry. Grammar. NT: 2011.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Philippines
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.