Ilianen language

Ilianen is a Manobo language of Mindanao in the Philippines. Dialects are Arakan, Livunganen, and Pulangiyan.

Ilianen
Ilianen Manobo
Native toPhilippines
RegionMindanao
Native speakers
15,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mbi
Glottologilia1236[2]

Distribution

Ilianen is spoken in the following areas (Ethnologue).

  • North Cotabato Province: north and central watershed of Mindanao river
  • Bukidnon Province: Kandingilan, Kibawe, and Darnulong municipalities
  • Maguindanao Province: northern tips of both Northern Kambutalan and Datu Montawal municipalities

References

  1. Ilianen at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ilianen Manobo". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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