Mansakan languages explained

Mansakan
Region:	Davao Region, Mindanao
Familycolor:	Austronesian
Fam2:	Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:	Philippine
Fam4:	Greater Central Philippine
Fam5:	Central Philippine
Protoname:	Proto-Mansakan
Glotto:	mans1261
Glottorefname:	Mansakan

The Mansakan languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines. Dabawenyo is the principal native language of the Davao region; however, there is a high degree of bilingualism in Cebuano among their speakers. Most speakers have shifted to a dialect of Cebuano today.

Classification

Overview

The Mansakan languages are:

• Mansakan
  • Dabawenyo
  • Mandayan
    • Mansaka
    • Mandaya
  • Kamayo
  • Kalagan (a dialect cluster)
  • Mamanwa

Gallman (1974)

The Mansakan subgrouping below is from Gallman (1974).^[1]

Individual languages are marked by italics, and primary branches by bold italics.

• Mansakan
  • North Mansakan
    • Kamayo North
    • Kamayo South
  • Dabaw
    • Dabawenyo (Davaoeño)
  • Eastern Mansakan
    • Mandayan
  • Western Mansakan
    • Kalagan
    • Tagakaolo
• Mamanwa

Notes and References

1. Gallman, Andrew Franklin. A Reconstruction of Proto-Mansakan. M.A. dissertation. Arlington, Texas: Dept. of Linguistics, University of Texas at Arlington, 1974.