Cotabato_Manobo_language

Cotabato Manobo language

Cotabato Manobo language

Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines

Cotabato Manobo (Dulangan Manobo) is a Manobo language spoken in Mindanao, the Philippines. Dialects include Tasaday and Blit.

Quick Facts Region, Native speakers ...

Distribution

Cotabato Manobo is spoken in the Kalamansig, Palimbang, and Ninoy Aquino municipalities of Sultan Kudarat Province and the T'Boli municipality of South Cotabato Province.[2]

Phonology

Vowels

More information Front, Central ...
  • /i u/ are realized as [ɪ ʊ] in closed syllables.
  • /ɛ/ is realized as [e] when it is preceded by /k/ and in an open syllable.
  • /a/ is realized as [ɜ] when it is followed by /h/ or /ʔ/.
  • /ɔ/ is realized as [ɒ] when it is followed by /h/, /ʔ/, or /ɡ/, or when word-initial and followed by /k/. For some speakers it may also be realized as [ɒ] before or after /k/ when not word-initial.

Consonants

More information Labial, Coronal ...

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Cotabato Manobo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    "Manobo, Cotabato". Ethnologue.

Further reading


Stub icon

This article about Philippine languages is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Cotabato_Manobo_language, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.