Southern Mindoro languages
{{Short description|Austronesian language cluster of the Philippines}}
{{Infobox language family
| name = South Mangyan
| altname = South Mindoro
| region = Mindoro
| familycolor = Austronesian
| fam2 = Malayo-Polynesian
| fam3 = Philippine
| fam4 = Greater Central Philippine
| glotto = sout2915
| glottorefname = South Mangyan
| child1 = Buhid
| child2 = Tawbuid
| child3 = Hanuno’o
}}
The Southern Mindoro (South Mangyan) languages are one of two small clusters of Austronesian languages spoken by the Mangyan people of Mindoro Island in the Philippines.Zorc, R. (1974). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3622753 Internal and External Relationships of the Mangyan Languages.] Oceanic Linguistics, 13(1/2), 561-600. They make up a branch of the Greater Central Philippine subgroup.
{{cite journal |last=Blust |first=Robert |title=The Greater Central Philippines hypothesis |journal=Oceanic Linguistics |year=1991 |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=73–129 |doi=10.2307/3623084 |jstor=3623084 }}
These are among the few languages of the Philippines which continue to be written in indigenous scripts, though mostly for poetry.
See also
References
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Further reading
- Barbian, Karl-Josef. 1977. The Mangyan languages of Mindoro. Cebu City: University of San Carlos.
- Zorc, R. David. 1972. [http://sealang.net/archives/zorc/pdf/Taubuid--Batangan/bundle.pdf Taubuid (Batangan) notes].
- Zorc, R. David. 1972. [http://sealang.net/archives/zorc/pdf/Hanunoo_(Bukid)/bundle.pdf Hanunoo (Bukid) notes].
- Zorc, R. David. 1972. [http://sealang.net/archives/zorc/pdf/Hanunoo_(Mansalay)/bundle.pdf Hanunoo (Mansalay) notes].
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Category:Greater Central Philippine languages
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