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Butuanon
Butuanon
Native to	Philippines
Ethnicity	Butuanons
Native speakers	72,000 (2005 [needs update])
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Central Philippine Bisayan Southern Bisayan Butuan–Tausug Butuanon; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	btw
Glottolog	butu1244

Butuanon (Binutwanon, [binutwɐnʊn]) is an Austronesian language spoken by the Butuanon people in Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur, with some native speakers in Misamis Oriental and Surigao del Norte. It is a part of the Bisayan language family and is closely related to other Philippine languages. As of 2007, Butuanon is believed to be spoken by fewer than 500 younger speakers in Butuan itself.^[2]

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.

Phonology

Butuanon has three vowels: /a/, /i/, and /u/, with phonemic length.

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː		u uː
Open		a aː

Stress is phonemic in Butuanon and can be on either the penultimate or the final syllable.

Butuanon has four triggers:

^ Sa may be dropped, replaced with hong, or replaced with a locative demonstrative.

^ Butuanon at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Cabuang, Fred S. (September 6, 2007). "Saving Butuanon Language". The Manila Times. Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2010-03-14.