Mandaya_language

Mandaya language

Mandaya language

Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines

Mandaya is an Austronesian language of Mindanao in the Philippines. It may be intelligible with Mansaka.

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Geographical distribution

Ethnologue reports that Mandaya is spoken in Manay, Caraga, Baganga, and Cateel municipalities of Davao Oriental Province, as well as in Davao del Norte Province.

Varieties

Ethnologue lists the following varieties of Mandaya.

  • Carraga Mandaya
  • Cateeleño
  • Manay Mandayan
  • Mandaya
  • Cataelano
  • Karaga
  • Sangab
  • Mangaragan Mandaya

Pallesen (1985)[2] lists the following varieties of Mandaya.

References

  1. [1]
    Mandaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Pallesen, A. Kemp. 1985. Culture contact and language convergence. Philippine journal of linguistics: special monograph issue, 24. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines.


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