Sangir

SXN

developing

Alternate Names: Sangi, Sangih, Sangihé, Sangirese

Dialects: Manganitu (Tamako), Siau (Sjauw), Tabukang (Tabukan), Tagulandang (Tahulandang), Taruna (Tahuna).

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine
Sangiric
Northern

Demographics: 200,000 in Indonesia (Maryott 1993), increasing. 50,000 Siau, 10,000 Tagulandang. Population total all countries: 255,000.

Language Use: Positive attitudes.

Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1883–1994.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Christian, Muslim.