Bilic_languages

South Mindanao languages

South Mindanao languages

Subgroup of the Austronesian language family

The South Mindanao or Bilic languages are a group of related languages spoken by the Bagobo, Blaan, Tboli, and Teduray peoples of the southern coast of Mindanao Island in the Philippines. They are not part of the Mindanao language family that covers much of the island. The languages are:

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Though it is typically classified as one of the South Mindanao languages, Klata (Giangan) is alternatively considered by Zorc (2019) to be a primary branch of the Southern Philippine languages, with Bilic being classified as a sister branch.

Reconstructions

Savage (1986) reconstructs Proto-South-Mindanaon using Tboli, Koronadal Blaan, and Sarangani Blaan data. Teduray and Giangan were not used in Savage's (1986) reconstruction.

Numerals

More information Numeral, Bagobo ...

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Western Austronesian Languages". Numeral Systems of the World's Languages. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2015-07-06.

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