LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY OF THE BAHASA SINUG

Language, identity & multilingualism By Muammar S. Sakili (Mindanao State University - Sulu) Published August 16, 2025 Vol 4 • Issue 1

Abstract

According to Prof. Hannbal H. Bara, the study of the philosophy of language is connected to the study of culture and civilization. In the search to understand Islam, the Bangsasug learned how to develop terminologies and to enrich the Bahasa Sinug with Malay and Arabic language. After the first 200 years of the introduction of Islam to this country, the Bangsasug produced classical literatures from ilmu kamaasan, daman, tarasul to kissa using the Bahasa Sug. Professor Bara added that the Bahasa Sug was also used in the writing of treaties with Spain, Netherland, Great Britain and United States of America. Sinug is rich in religious and political terminologies as manifested in the said classical literatures.