Alangan language explained

Alangan
States:	Philippines
Region:	Mimaropa
Speakers:	2,150
Date:	2002
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Austronesian
Fam2:	Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:	Philippine
Fam4:	Central Luzon (?)
Fam5:	Northern Mindoro
Iso3:	alj
Glotto:	alan1249
Glottorefname:	Alangan

The Alangan language is a language spoken by Mangyans in the province of Mindoro in the Philippines.

Alangan is spoken by 2,150 people in the following municipalities of north-central Mindoro (Ethnologue).

• Sablayan municipality, Mindoro Occidental Province
• Naujan municipality, Mindoro Oriental Province
• Victoria municipality, Mindoro Oriental Province

The Ayan Bekeg dialect spoken on the northeast slopes of Mount Halcon is understood by Alangan speakers throughout the area (Tweddell 1970:193).^[1]

Barbian (1977)^[2] lists the following locations.

• Casague, Santa Cruz, Occidental Mindoro
• Kulasisi (tributary of the Mompong River), near Barrio Arellano, Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro

Notes and References

1. Tweddell, Colin E. 1970. "The Identity and Distribution of the Mangyan Tribes of Mindoro, Philippines". Anthropological Linguistics 12 (6).
2. Barbian, Karl-Josef. 1977. English-Mangyan vocabulary. Cebu City: University of San Carlos.