Western Bukidnon Manobo is a Manobo language of Mindanao in the Philippines.
| Western Bukidnon Manobo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | mostly in southwestern portions of Northern Mindanao region, Mindanao |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2008)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mbb |
| Glottolog | west2555 |
| ELP | Western Bukidnon Manobo |
Distribution and dialects
editWestern 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
edit- ^ Western Bukidnon Manobo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Ethnologue
Further reading
edit- 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
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