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SJM ISO 639-3

Mapun

Pullun Mapun Autonym

A language of Philippines

ISO 639
sjm
Alternate Names
Bajau Kagayan, Cagayan, Cagayan de Sulu, Cagayanen, Cagayano, Cagayanon, Jama Mapun, Kagayan, Orang, Sama Mapun
Autonym
Pullun Mapun
Population
43,000 in Philippines (2011 SIL). 4,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 40,000 (2010 census). Total users in all countries: 58,000.
Location:
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao: Tawi-Tawi province, Cagayan de Sulu (Mapun) island.
Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Barito, Sama-Bajaw, Sulu-Borneo, Borneo Coast Bajaw
Dialects
None known. Intelligibility of Central Sama [sml] 59%, intelligibility of Sama Pangutaran [slm] 61%.
Typology
VSO; stress is on the penultimate syllable; verbal affixations can mark actor-experiencer, instrument, object-undergoer-patient, beneficiary, location, passive, imperative, abilitative, causative, non-volitional, reciprocal, multiple actors, intransitive, etc.; 3 prepositions used primarily to indicate special and temporal relationships.
Language Use
Home, neighborhood, work. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Most also use Tausug [tsg]. Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Molbog [pwm], Southern Sama [ssb].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 65%–70%. Literacy rate in L2: 30% in English [eng], 60% in Tausug [tsg]. Many older women are illiterate. Used some at school. Videos. Dictionary. Texts. Bible portions: 1979–1998.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mapun
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments
The center of the ethnic group is on Mapun island (pop. 20,000), also known as Cagayan de Sulu, Cagayan Sulu, and Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi. The Mapun people only refer to it as Mapun. Many people from the island go to Sabah, Malaysia to find work. Many have settled there over the past century. There are approximately 15,000 Mapun people in Malaysia. There are approximately 5,000 to 10,000 Mapun people on the island of Palawan in the Philippines. Muslim.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Mapun
User Population
15,000 in Malaysia (2015 M. Tanjul). Ethnic population: 30,000 (2015 M. Tanjul).
Location
Sabah: Kota Kinabalu district, Kota Kinabalu; Kota Marudu district, Kota Marudu; Kudat district, Banggi and Mantanani islands, Kudat; Sandakan district, Sandakan.
Language Status
6b (Threatened)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. Muslim.
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Location: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao: Tawi-Tawi province, Cagayan de Sulu (Mapun) island.