Western Bukidnon language
Western Bukidnon is a Manobo language of Mindanao in the Philippines. Dialects are Ilentungen, Kiriyenteken, and Pulangiyen.
| Western Bukidnon | |
|---|---|
| Western Bukidnon Manobo | |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | mostly in southwestern portions of Northern Mindanao region, Mindanao |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2008)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mbb |
| Glottolog | west2555 |
| ELP | Western Bukidnon Manobo[2] |
Distribution
Western Bukidnon is spoken in (Ethnologue):
- Southern Bukidnon Province: Dangcagan, Don Carlos, Kitaotao, and especially Maramag municipalities
- Cotabato Province: Banisilan municipality
References
- Western Bukidnon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Western Bukidnon Manobo.
- Elkins, Richard Ewell (1967). Major grammatical patterns of Western Bukidnon Manobo (Ph.D. thesis). University of Hawaii. hdl:10125/11706.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Elkins, Richard E. (1970). Major grammatical patterns of Western Bukidnon Manobo. Summer Institute of Linguistics.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) - published version of Elkins's 1967 dissertation
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