Tagabawa language explained
Tagabawa is a Manobo language of Davao City and Mount Apo in Mindanao, the Philippines. Tagabawa is spoken in Cotabato and Davao del Sur provinces, and on the slopes of Mount Apo west of Davao City,[1] The language is spoken by the Bagobo Tagabawa people.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
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Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | | pronounced as /ink/ | |
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Plosive | voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ |
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voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | | pronounced as /ink/ |
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Fricative | | pronounced as /ink/ | | | pronounced as /ink/ |
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Rhotic | | pronounced as /ink/ | | | |
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Lateral | | pronounced as /ink/ | | | |
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Approximant | pronounced as /ink/ | | pronounced as /ink/ | | | |
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- Sounds /p, t, k, ʔ/ are heard as unreleased [p̚, t̚, k̚, ʔ̚] when in word-final position.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back |
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Close | pronounced as /ink/ | | |
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Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
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Open | | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
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- /e/ is heard as [ɛ] in close syllables.[2]
External links
Notes and References
- Ethnologue
- Book: Dubois, Carl D. & Lauretta J. . Phonemic Statement of Tagabawa . Summer Institute of Linguistics: Philippines . 2006.