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Butuanon
Indigenous Group	Butuanon (Also known as: Lapaknon)
Location	Philippines, Mindanao, Mindoro, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Misamis Oriental, Surigao del Norte, Butuan City and Agusan
Estimated Population	1,420,000 (retrieved 2006, Wikipedia)
Environment	Urban / Riverine / Swamp
Lifestyle	Sedentary
Subsistence	Agriculture / Forestry / Fishing
Level of Assimilation	Assimilated
Language Family	Butuanon Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Meso Philippine, Central Philippine, Bisayan, South, Butuan-Tausug Alternative Names: - Dialects: Lexical similarity: 70% with Kamayo, 69% with Surigaonon
Website URLs	Ethnologue - Butuanon a language of Philippines NCCA: Butuanon INQ7.net: Rescuing the Butuanon language PIA Press Release: 3 Butuanon athletes honoured MindaNews: Diaspora philanthropy: the other fact of the OFW phenomenon Butuanon.org - webpage for Butuan city and Butuanons Wikipedia: Butuanon MindaNews: Young Butuanon artists express commitment to the Lumads
NGOs	Ivory Charities Foundation Butuan City Charities Foundation Save Our Languages Through Federalism (Solfed)