Alangan language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Alangan

|states=Philippines

|region=Mimaropa

|speakers=2,150

|date=2002

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Philippine

|fam4=Central Luzon (?)

|fam5=Northern Mindoro

|iso3=alj

|glotto=alan1249

|glottorefname=Alangan

}}

The Alangan language is a language spoken by Mangyans in the province of Mindoro in the Philippines.

Alangan is spoken by 2,150 people in the following municipalities of north-central Mindoro (Ethnologue).

• Sablayan municipality, Mindoro Occidental Province
• Naujan municipality, Mindoro Oriental Province
• Victoria municipality, Mindoro Oriental Province

The Ayan Bekeg dialect spoken on the northeast slopes of Mount Halcon is understood by Alangan speakers throughout the area (Tweddell 1970:193).Tweddell, Colin E. 1970. "[https://www.jstor.org/stable/30029250 The Identity and Distribution of the Mangyan Tribes of Mindoro, Philippines]". Anthropological Linguistics 12 (6).

Barbian (1977)Barbian, Karl-Josef. 1977. English-Mangyan vocabulary. Cebu City: University of San Carlos. lists the following locations.

• Casague, Santa Cruz, Occidental Mindoro
• Kulasisi (tributary of the Mompong River), near Barrio Arellano, Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro