Southern Mindoro languages explained

South Mangyan
Also Known As:South Mindoro
Region:Mindoro
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Philippine
Fam4:Greater Central Philippine
Glotto:sout2915
Glottorefname:South Mangyan

The Southern Mindoro (South Mangyan) languages are one of two small clusters of Austronesian languages spoken by the Mangyan people of Mindoro Island in the Philippines.[1] They make up a branch of the Greater Central Philippine subgroup.[2]

The languages are Buhid, Tawbuid, and Hanuno'o.

These are among the few languages of the Philippines which continue to be written in indigenous scripts, though mostly for poetry.

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Notes and References

  1. Zorc, R. (1974). Internal and External Relationships of the Mangyan Languages. Oceanic Linguistics, 13(1/2), 561-600.
  2. Blust . Robert . The Greater Central Philippines hypothesis . Oceanic Linguistics . 1991 . 30 . 2 . 73–129 . 10.2307/3623084 . 3623084 .