Mandaya language explained

Mandaya
Nativename:	Caraga
States:	Philippines
Region:	some parts of Davao Oriental, Mindanao
Speakers:	250,000
Date:	2010
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Austronesian
Fam2:	Malayo-Polynesian
Fam4:	Central Philippine
Fam5:	Mansakan
Fam6:	Mandayan
Iso3:	mry
Glotto:	kara1489
Glottorefname:	Mandaya

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

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)^[1] lists the following varieties of Mandaya.

• Kabasagan
• Caragan
• Boso: spoken just inland from Mati, Davao Oriental
• Maragusan
• Mandaya Islam (or Kalagan Piso): spoken on the east coast of Davao Gulf directly east of Davao City, in Davao del Norte.

Notes and References

1. Pallesen, A. Kemp. 1985. Culture contact and language convergence. Philippine journal of linguistics: special monograph issue, 24. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines.