Batak language (Philippines)

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

{{Infobox language

|name=Batak

|altname=Palawan Batak

|states=Philippines

|region=Palawan

|ethnicity=2,040 (1990 census)

|speakers=200

|date=2000

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Philippine

|fam4=Greater Central Philippine

|fam5=Palawanic

|script=Tagbanwa script

|iso3=bya

|glotto=bata1301

|glottorefname=Batak

}}

Batak is an Austronesian language spoken by the Batak people on Palawan Island in the Philippines. It is sometimes disambiguated from the Batak languages as Palawan Batak.

Batak is spoken in the communities of Babuyan, Maoyon, Tanabag, Langogan, Tagnipa, Caramay, and Buayan. Surrounding languages include Southern Tagbanwa, Central Tagbanwa, Kuyonon, and Agutaynen.{{cite thesis |last=Lobel |first=Jason |year=2013 |title=Philippine and North Bornean Languages: Issues in Description, Subgrouping, and Reconstruction |type=PhD thesis |publisher=University of Hawai{{okina}}i |url=http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/graduate/Dissertations/JasonLobelFinal.pdf |page=87}}

Phonology

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Consonants{{Cite book \|title=Philippine Minor Languages: Word Lists and Phonologies \|last=Reid \|first=Lawrence A. \|series=Oceanic Linguistics Special Publications \|publisher=University of Hawai'i Press \|year=1971 \|page=4 \|lccn=70-150659 \|isbn=087022-691-6 \|jstor=20019132}} ! colspan="2" \| !Labial !Alveolar !Palatal !Velar !Glottal
rowspan="2" \|Plosive !voiceless \|{{IPA link\|p}} \|{{IPA link\|t}} \| \|{{IPA link\|k}} \|{{IPA link\|ʔ}}
voiced \|{{IPA link\|b}} \|{{IPA link\|d}} \| \|{{IPA link\|ɡ}} \|
colspan="2" \|Nasal \| width="20px" style="border-right: 0;" \|{{IPA link\|m}} \| width="20px" style="border-right: 0;" \|{{IPA link\|n}} \| \| width="20px" style="border-right: 0;" \|{{IPA link\|ŋ}} \|
colspan="2" \|Fricative \| \|{{IPA link\|s}} \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Lateral \| \|{{IPA link\|l}} \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Rhotic \| \|{{IPA link\|ɾ}}~{{IPA link\|r}} \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Approximant \|{{IPA link\|w}} \| \|{{IPA link\|j}} \| \|

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|+ Consonants{{Cite book |title=Philippine Minor Languages: Word Lists and Phonologies |last=Reid |first=Lawrence A. |series=Oceanic Linguistics Special Publications |publisher=University of Hawai'i Press |year=1971 |page=4 |lccn=70-150659 |isbn=087022-691-6 |jstor=20019132}}

! colspan="2" |

rowspan="2" |Plosive

!voiceless

|{{IPA link|p}}

|{{IPA link|t}}

|{{IPA link|k}}

|{{IPA link|ʔ}}

voiced

|{{IPA link|b}}

|{{IPA link|d}}

|{{IPA link|ɡ}}

colspan="2" |Nasal

| width="20px" style="border-right: 0;" |{{IPA link|m}}

| width="20px" style="border-right: 0;" |{{IPA link|n}}

| width="20px" style="border-right: 0;" |{{IPA link|ŋ}}

colspan="2" |Fricative

|{{IPA link|s}}

colspan="2" |Lateral

|{{IPA link|l}}

colspan="2" |Rhotic

|{{IPA link|ɾ}}~{{IPA link|r}}

colspan="2" |Approximant

|{{IPA link|w}}

|{{IPA link|j}}

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|+ Vowels

!Front

!Central

!Back

align="center"

! Close

|{{IPA link|i}}

|{{IPA link|ɨ}}

|{{IPA link|u}}

align="center"

!Open

|{{IPA link|a}}

Pronouns

class="wikitable" \|+ Personal pronouns{{cite journal \|last=Morey \|first=Virginia \|year=1961 \|title=Some particles and pronouns in Batak \|journal=Philippine Journal of Science \|volume=90 \|pages=263–270}} ! rowspan="2" \| ! rowspan="2" \| nominative ! colspan="2" \| genitive ! rowspan="2" \| oblique
enclitic ! preposed
1.sg. \| {{lang\|bya\|aku}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|ku}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|akɨn}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|kanakɨn}}
2.sg. \| {{lang\|bya\|ikaw/ka}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|mu}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|imu}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|kanimu}}
3.sg. \| {{lang\|bya\|kanya}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|ya}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|kanya}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|kanya}}
1.pl.dual \| {{lang\|bya\|kita/ta}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|ta}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|atɨn}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|kanatɨn}}
1.pl.incl. \| {{lang\|bya\|tami}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|tami}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|atɨn}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|kanatɨn}}
1.pl.excl. \| {{lang\|bya\|kami}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|men}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|amɨn}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|kanamɨn}}
2.pl. \| {{lang\|bya\|kamu}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|mi}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|imyu}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|kanimyu}}
3.pl. \| {{lang\|bya\|sira}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|sira}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|sira}} \|\| {{lang\|bya\|kanira}}

class="wikitable"

|+ Personal pronouns{{cite journal |last=Morey |first=Virginia |year=1961 |title=Some particles and pronouns in Batak |journal=Philippine Journal of Science |volume=90 |pages=263–270}}

! rowspan="2" |

! rowspan="2" | nominative

! colspan="2" | genitive

! rowspan="2" | oblique

enclitic

! preposed

1.sg.

| {{lang|bya|aku}} || {{lang|bya|ku}} || {{lang|bya|akɨn}} || {{lang|bya|kanakɨn}}

2.sg.

| {{lang|bya|ikaw/ka}} || {{lang|bya|mu}} || {{lang|bya|imu}} || {{lang|bya|kanimu}}

3.sg.

| {{lang|bya|kanya}} || {{lang|bya|ya}} || {{lang|bya|kanya}} || {{lang|bya|kanya}}

1.pl.dual

| {{lang|bya|kita/ta}} || {{lang|bya|ta}} || {{lang|bya|atɨn}} || {{lang|bya|kanatɨn}}

1.pl.incl.

| {{lang|bya|tami}} || {{lang|bya|tami}} || {{lang|bya|atɨn}} || {{lang|bya|kanatɨn}}

1.pl.excl.

| {{lang|bya|kami}} || {{lang|bya|men}} || {{lang|bya|amɨn}} || {{lang|bya|kanamɨn}}

2.pl.

| {{lang|bya|kamu}} || {{lang|bya|mi}} || {{lang|bya|imyu}} || {{lang|bya|kanimyu}}

3.pl.

| {{lang|bya|sira}} || {{lang|bya|sira}} || {{lang|bya|sira}} || {{lang|bya|kanira}}

References

Category:Aeta languages

Category:Endangered Austronesian languages

Category:Palawanic languages

Category:Languages of Palawan