Mansakan languages

Mansakan languages
Mansakan languages
Native to	Mindanao
Region	Davao Region, Mindanao
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Central Philippine Mansakan languages; ; ; ; ;
Early form	Proto-Mansakan
Official status
Official language in	Davao Oriental, Davao de Oro, Surigao del Sur, Cebu
Recognised minority; language in	Regional language in the Philippines
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	mans1261

The Mansakan languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines. Of its sub-groups, Dabawenyo is the principal native language of the Davao region. Among modern-day native Mansakan language speakers, bilingualism with Cebuano is practiced.^[1]

Classification

There are five (5) language variants of the Mansakan language group: (1) Kamayo-Hinatuan, (2) Kamayo-Bislig, (3) Kamayo-Lingig, (4) Dinabaw-Caraga, and (5) Minandaya-Caraga.^[2]

Mansakan languages
- Kamayo
  - Kamayo-Hinatuan
  - Kamayo-Bislig
  - Kamayo-Lingig
- Dinabaw-Caraga
  - Davaoeño Cebuano^[3]
  - Chavacano Davaoeño (extinct)
- Minandaya-Caraga ^[4]
  - Mansaka ^[5]
    - Kalagan ^[6]
      - Tagakaolo
      - Kagan
      - Kal’lao
  - Manwaga
  - Pagsupan
  - Managusan
  - Divavaogan

Mamanwa ^[7]

There are 5 principal groups of Mandaya: Mansaka (living in mountain clearings), Manwaga (living in forested mountain areas), Pagsupan (living in swampy banks of Tagum and Hijo rivers, Managusan (living near the water) and Divavaogan (found in the southern and western parts of Compostela valley).

External Links

References

[1] Surviving Language Urbanization In Surigao Del Sur, Philippines: Preservation Of Kamayo Language Through Multilingualism | researchgate.net

[2] A PRELIMINARY TYPOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SYMMETRICAL VOICE SYSTEM IN THE MANSAKAN LANGUAGES OF EAST MINDANAO |

[3] A Grammar of Bisaya in Davao | IJISRT (PDF)

[4] Mandaya Tribe | Philippine Clearing House Mechanism

[5] Mansaka | Cal State East Bay

[6] Peoples of the Philippines: Kalagan | NCCA

[7] Some Elementary Data of the Mamanwa Language | JSTOR.org

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