Klata language
{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines}}
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{{Infobox language
|name=Klata
|altname=Giangan
|region=Mindanao
|states=Philippines
|ethnicity=
|speakers=55,000
|date=1990 census
|ref = e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Philippine?
|fam4=South Mindanao
|iso3=bgi
|glotto=gian1241
|glottorefname=Giangan
}}
Klata (also known as Clata, Giangan, Bagobo, Jangan) is an Austronesian language of the southern Philippines. It is spoken on the eastern slopes of Mount Apo in Davao del Sur Province, as well as in Davao City (Ethnologue) in an area stretching from Catalunan to Calinan.
The nearby Tagabawa language is also known as Bagobo, and is not to be confused with Giangan.
Classification
Klata is usually classified as one of the South Mindanao languages. Zorc (2019) proposes that it is not included among the South Mindanao languages, but only more distantly related to them within a wider subgroup of the Philippine languages which he calls "Southern Philippine".{{cite journal|url=https://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/archive/issue/download/689/5|last1=Zorc|first1=R. David|title=Klata/Giangan: A New Southern Philippine Subgroup|journal=Current Studies in Philippine Linguistics|volume=Special Publication No. 16|year=2019|pages=33–52|issn=2672-295X}}
Distribution
Traditional Klata (Giangan) population centers included the following barangays (see also Districts of Davao City).{{Cite web |date=August 29, 2015 |title=Davao City: Facts and Statistics |url=http://davaohistoryph.blogspot.com/2014/09/chapter-1-davao-city-facts-and.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429162442/http://davaohistoryph.blogspot.com/2014/09/chapter-1-davao-city-facts-and.html |archive-date=April 29, 2016 |website=Davao: History, Culture, Politics, Economy and Progress}}{{Better source needed|date=July 2020}}{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=10 Tribes of Davao City – Clata part (4–10) |url=http://davaodelights.blogspot.com/2012/08/10-tribes-of-davao-city-clata-part-4-10.html |access-date=April 22, 2018 |website=Davao Delights}}{{Better source needed|date=July 2020}}
- Biao, Tugbok District, Davao City
- Tagakpan, Tugbok District, Davao City
- Dulian
- Sirib, Calinan District, Davao City
- Gumalang, Baguio District, Davao City
- Tamugan, Marilog District, Davao City
It is also spoken in Biao Joaquin, Calinan District{{Cite web |last=Bravo |first=Neilwin Joseph L. |date=September 19, 2018 |title=TRMH holds EECOP Medical Mission 2018 |url=https://edgedavao.net/community-sense/2018/09/20/trmh-holds-eecop-medical-mission-2018/ |website=Edge Davao}} and in various parts of Baguio District.{{Cite news |last=Perez |first=Ace June Rell S. |date=September 5, 2017 |title=In Search of the Last Bagobo Klata Weaver |work=SunStar Philippines |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph//article/162329 |access-date=July 28, 2020}}
The Lipadas River separated the traditional Tagabawa and Clata territories, while the Talomo River (Ikawayanlinan) was the boundary separating the Tagabawas, Clatas, and Obos. The Davao River separated the traditional Bagobo and Clata territories.
Phonology
Klata has a five-vowel system consisting of the vowels {{IPA|/a, ɛ, ɔ, i, u/}}. It also has consonantal geminates. Consonantal phonemes are {{IPA|/p, b, t, d, k, ɡ, ʔ, m, n, ŋ, s, h, l, j, w/}}. {{IPA|[ɾ]}} sometimes occurs as phonemic, but is mostly heard as an allophone of {{IPA|/d/}}.{{cite journal|last=Estrera|first=Edward|title=Bagobo-Klata Phonology|editor-last=Alves|editor-first=Mark|editor-last2=Sidwell|editor-first2=Paul|journal=Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society: Papers from the 30th Conference of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (2021)|volume=15|issue=3|date=2022-01-28|issn=1836-6821|url=https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/52498|access-date=2022-02-14|doi=10.5281/zenodo.5780339|pages=283–323}}
= Vowels =
= Consonants =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ ! colspan="2" | |
| rowspan="2" |Plosive
|{{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
|{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} |{{IPA link|ŋ}} | |
| colspan="2" |Fricative/Tap
|{{IPA link|s}} |{{IPA link|ɾ}} | |{{IPA link|h}} |
| colspan="2" |Lateral aproximant
| |{{IPA link|l}} | | |
| colspan="2" |Approximant
|{{IPA link|w}} |{{IPA link|j}} |({{IPA link|w}}) | |
References
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Further reading
- Zorc, R. David. 1972. [http://sealang.net/archives/zorc/pdf/Giangan/bundle.pdf Giangan field notes].
External links
- [https://zorc.net/RDZorc/Klata-RECORDINGS/ Klata recordings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605125251/https://zorc.net/RDZorc/Klata-RECORDINGS/ |date=June 5, 2020 }}
- [https://mpi-lingweb.shh.mpg.de/numeral/Bagobo.htm Bagobo numerals] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507203953/https://mpi-lingweb.shh.mpg.de/numeral/Bagobo.htm |date=May 7, 2016 }}
- [https://abvd.shh.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=1552 Guiangan (Baguio) word list] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205003504/https://abvd.shh.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=1552 |date=December 5, 2018 }} (Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database)
- [https://abvd.shh.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=1551 Guiangan (Sirib) word list] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205003707/https://abvd.shh.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=1551 |date=December 5, 2018 }} (Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database)
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