Mapun

E183459

Mapun is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Mapun people of the southern Philippines, particularly on Mapun (Cagayan de Sulu) Island in the Sulu Sea.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mapun canonical 2
Mapun Sama 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
alternateName Cagayan de Sulu language
Cagayanen
Mapun Sama
linked to: Mapun

Sama Mapun
linked to: Jama Mapun
closelyRelatedTo Pangutaran Sama
Sama language
Yakan language
country Philippines
endangermentStatus vulnerable (needs documentation and support)
ethnicGroup Mapun people
hasAlignmentType Philippine-type voice system
hasDomain local trade in Sulu Sea
traditional maritime culture
hasLinguasphereCode 31-MFF-b
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic
Filipino (Tagalog-based)
linked to: Tagalog

Malay
Spanish
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported in some descriptions)
hasReligionContext predominantly Muslim-speaking community
hasWordOrder verb–object–subject (VOS) tendency
verb–subject–object (VSO) tendency
ISO639-3Code sjm
languageBranch Malayo-Polynesian languages
languageFamily Austronesian
languageGroup Sama–Bajaw
neighboringLanguages Sama-Banguingui
Tausug
Yakan
region Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
spokenBy Mapun people
spokenIn Cagayan de Sulu Island
Mapun Island NERFINISHED
Philippines
Sulu Sea region
linked to: Sulu Sea

southern Philippines
subfamilyOf Sama–Bajaw languages
usedIn daily communication among Mapun people
local oral tradition
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mapun alternateName Mapun Sama
linked to: Mapun
Mupun hasAlternateName Mapun