Agusan language

Agusan
Native to	Philippines
Region	Mindanao
Native speakers	(80,000 cited 1978–2002)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Manobo Central Agusan; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; msm – Agusan, Omayamnon; mbd – Dibabawon; mqk – Rajah Kabunsuwan
Glottolog	east2478[2]

Agusan is a Manobo language of northeastern Mindanao in the Philippines. The Omayamnon, Dibabawon, and Rajah Kabunsuwan dialects are divergent.

Distribution

Agusan Manobo (consisting of the Umayam, Adgawan, Surigao, and Omayamnon dialects) is spoken in the following areas (Ethnologue).

Agusan del Sur Province: western area, southeast of Lake Buluan
inland areas of Surigao del Sur Province
southwest of Lanuza Peninsula to Lianga Bay in Surigao del Sur Province
western Agusan del Norte Province
Compostela Valley and Davao del Norte provinces: continuous strip along northern borders
Surigao del Norte Province: southern tip, inland
scattered small border areas of Bukidnon and Davao Oriental provinces

Dibabawon Manobo is spoken in the following areas (Ethnologue).

Rajah Kabunsuwan Manobo is spoken in the following areas (Ethnologue).

↑ Agusan, Omayamnon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Dibabawon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Rajah Kabunsuwan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "East Central Manobo". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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