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

Category:Mindoro

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