Tagabawa language
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 (Ethnologue). The language is notably spoken by the Bagobo Tagabawa people who have a culture of high respect towards Philippine eagles, known in their language as banog.[2]
| Tagabawa | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Mindanao |
Native speakers | 43,000 (1998)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bgs |
| Glottolog | taga1272 |
 Area where Tagabawa is spoken according to Ethnologue | |
References
External links
- Tagabawa-language texts at Project Gutenberg
- Diccionario Bagobo-Español (1892) by Mateo Gisbert - from the University of Michigan Digital Collections
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