Western Bukidnon Manobo
Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines
Western Bukidnon Manobo | |
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Native to | Philippines |
Region | mostly in southwestern portions of Northern Mindanao region, Mindanao |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2008)[1] |
Language family | Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mbb |
Glottolog | west2555 |
ELP | Western Bukidnon Manobo |
Western Bukidnon Manobo is a Manobo language of Mindanao in the Philippines.
Distribution and dialects
Western Bukidnon Manobo is spoken in the following locations:[2]
- Southern Bukidnon Province: Dangcagan, Don Carlos, Kitaotao, and especially Maramag municipalities
- Cotabato Province: Banisilan municipality
Its dialects are Ilentungen, Kiriyenteken, and Pulangiyen.
References
Further reading
- Elkins, Richard Ewell (1967). Major Grammatical Patterns of Western Bukidnon Manobo (Ph.D. thesis). University of Hawaii. hdl:10125/11706.
- Elkins, Richard E. (1970). Major Grammatical Patterns of Western Bukidnon Manobo. Summer Institute of Linguistics. – published version of Elkins's 1967 dissertation
External links
- Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: Manobo, Western Bukidnon
Western Bukidnon Manobo test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator
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