TheSangiric languages are a subgroup of theAustronesian languages spoken inNorth Sulawesi,Indonesia and several small islands to the north which belong to thePhilippines. They are classified as a branch of thePhilippine subgroup.^[1]

The following classification scheme is fromJames Sneddon (1984:57).^[2]

The North Sangiric languages are spoken in the Sangir and Talaud archipelagos ofIndonesia just north ofSulawesi, as well as theSarangani Islands of thePhilippines just south ofMindanao. The South Sangiric languages are spoken in scattered locations on the northern tip ofSulawesi. Bantik is spoken in theManado region, while Ratahan is spoken just south of Lake Tondano.

Proto-Sangiric (PSan) has been reconstructed by Sneddon (1984).^[2]

The exact phonetic nature of *R is unclear. Its reflexes are Sangil[r], Sangir, Ratahan[h], Talaud[ʒ~k:], Bantik zero. Sneddon speculates that it may have been a coarticulated apical trill with velar friction, which is the usual realization of Sangil[r].

Many of these sound changes are noticeably similar to those ofSouth Sulawesi languages, spoken on the opposite side of Sulawesi.

• Diphthongs*ey and*ow are still retained in Bantik and Ratahan, and have been monophthongized toe ando elsewhere.
• Coda simplification:
  • All final stops*-p,*-t,*-k are still partially retained in Ratahan (but not*-t >-ʔ) and Talaud, but have been simplified to simple-ʔ elsewhere.
  • Final nasals*-m,*-n and*-ŋ are still retained in Ratahan and Talaud, but have been simplified to-ŋ elsewhere.
  • All other final consonants are subject to paragoge, see below.
• Paragoge:
  • -əʔ in Sangir and Sangil;
  • -Vʔ in Bantik (V representsecho vowel); and
  • -a in Talaud (often preceded by gemination of consonants exceptʔ).
  • *uRas →urasəʔ :uhasaʔ :užasa (but geminated in*inum →inumma)
• Reflexes of*R:
  • h in Bantik, Ratahan, and Sangir;
  • r in Sangil; and
  • k when word final or following*ə, andž elsewhere in Talaud.
• Reflexes of*l;
  • ḷ in Bantik in all positions, and in Sangil and Talaud when not word-final and following back vowels*a,*o, and*u (and before front vowels in Sangil);
  • ∅ in Sangil between back vowels and back vowels; and following back vowels but word final (*V¹l#); and
  • l elsewhere.

The comparison table (a small selection fromSneddon 1984:61–114) illustrates the correspondences between the Sangiric languages, including inherited vocabulary as well as Sangiric innovations.

• Minahasan languages
• Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
• Languages of Sulawesi

• Sangiric atEthnologue (23rd ed., 2020).

• Sangiric languages
• Philippine languages
• Languages of Sulawesi

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