Ilianen language explained

Ilianen
Also Known As:Ilianen Manobo
States:Philippines
Region:Mindanao
Date:2000
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Philippine
Fam4:Greater Central Philippine
Fam5:Manobo
Fam6:Central
Fam7:West
Iso3:mbi
Glotto:ilia1236
Glottorefname:Ilianen Manobo

Ilianen is a Manobo language of Mindanao in the Philippines.

Distribution and dialects

Ilianen is spoken in the following areas:[1]

north and central watershed of Mindanao river

Kandingilan, Kibawe, and Darnulong municipalities

northern tips of both Northern Kambutalan and Datu Montawal municipalities

Its dialects are Arakan, Livunganen, and Pulangiyan.

Notes and References

  1. Ethnologue