Mansakan languages
| Mansakan | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Davao Region, Mindanao |
| Linguistic classification |
Austronesian
|
| Glottolog | mans1261[1] |
The Mansakan languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines. Davawenyo is the principal native language of the Davao region; however, there is a high degree of bilingualism in Cebuano among their speakers.
Classification
Overview
The Mansakan languages are:
- Davawenyo
- Mandayan
Gallman (1974)
The Mansakan subgrouping below is from Gallman (1974).[2]
Individual languages are marked by italics, and primary branches by bold italics.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mansakan". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Gallman, Andrew Franklin. A Reconstruction of Proto-Mansakan. M.A. dissertation. Arlington, Texas: Dept. of Linguistics, University of Texas at Arlington, 1974.
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