Northern Mindoro languages explained

Northern Mindoro
Also Known As:	North Mangyan
Region:	Mindoro
Familycolor:	Austronesian
Fam2:	Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:	Philippine
Fam4:	Central Luzon (?)
Glotto:	nort2873
Glottorefname:	North Mangyan

The Northern Mindoro (North Mangyan) languages are one of two small clusters of languages spoken by the Mangyan people of Mindoro Island in the Philippines.^[1]

The languages are Alangan, Iraya, and Tadyawan.

There is some evidence that points at a closer relationship of the Northern Mindoro languages with the Central Luzon languages. Both branches share the phonological innovation Proto-Austronesian *R > pronounced as //y// and some common lexical items such as 'to see', 'cold'.^{[1] [2] [3]}

See also

• Southern Mindoro languages
• Ratagnon language

Further reading

• Barbian, Karl-Josef. 1977. The Mangyan languages of Mindoro. Cebu City: University of San Carlos.
• Barbian, Karl-Josef. 1977. English-Mangyan vocabulary. Cebu City: University of San Carlos.
• Zorc, R. David. 1972. Alangan notes.
• Zorc, R. David. 1972. Iraya notes.
• Zorc, R. David. 1972. Tadyawan (Pola) notes.
• Zorc, R. David. 1972. Victoria (Tadyawan) notes.

Notes and References

1. Zorc . R. David . 1974 . Internal and External Relationships of the Mangyan Languages . Oceanic Linguistics . 13 . 1/2 . 561–600 . 10.2307/3622753 . 3622753.
2. Himes . Ronald S. . 2012 . The Central Luzon Group of Languages . Oceanic Linguistics . 51 . 2 . 490–537 . 10.1353/ol.2012.0013 . 23321866. 143589926 .
3. Book: Reid, Lawrence A. . Issues in Historical Linguistics . 2017 . University of Hawai‘i Press . Liao . Hsiu-chuan . JSEALS Special Publication 1 . Honolulu . 23–47 . A Re-evaluation of the position of Iraya among Philippine languages . 10524/52405. http://www2.hawaii.edu/~reid/Combined%20Files/A90.%202017.%20The%20position%20of%20Iraya.pdf.