Tagabawa language

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

{{Distinguish|Tagbanwa (disambiguation){{!}}Tagbanwa language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Tagabawa

|nativename=

|states=Philippines

|region=Mindanao

|speakers= 43,000

|date=1998

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Philippine

|fam4=Greater Central Philippine

|fam5=Manobo

|fam6=Southern

|iso3=bgs

|glotto=taga1272

|glottorefname=Tagabawa

|map=Tagabawa_language_map.png

|mapcaption=Area where Tagabawa is spoken according to Ethnologue

}}

Tagabawa is a Manobo language of Davao City and Mount Apo in Mindanao, the Philippines. Tagabawa is spoken in Cotabato and Davao del Sur provinces, and on the slopes of Mount Apo west of Davao City,Ethnologue The language is spoken by the Bagobo Tagabawa people.

Phonology

= Consonants =

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! colspan="2" |

!Labial

!Alveolar

!Palatal

!Velar

!Glottal

colspan="2" |Nasal

|{{IPA link|m}}

|{{IPA link|n}}

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|{{IPA link|ŋ}}

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rowspan="2" |Plosive

!voiceless

|{{IPA link|p}}

|{{IPA link|t}}

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|{{IPA link|k}}

| rowspan="2" |{{IPA link|ʔ}}

voiced

|{{IPA link|b}}

|{{IPA link|d}}

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|{{IPA link|ɡ}}

colspan="2" |Fricative

|

|{{IPA link|s}}

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|{{IPA link|h}}

colspan="2" |Rhotic

|

|{{IPA link|ɾ}}

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colspan="2" |Lateral

|

|{{IPA link|l}}

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colspan="2" |Approximant

|{{IPA link|w}}

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|{{IPA link|j}}

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  • Sounds /p, t, k, ʔ/ are heard as unreleased [p̚, t̚, k̚, ʔ̚] when in word-final position.

= Vowels =

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!

!Front

!Central

!Back

Close

|{{IPA link|i}}

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Mid

|{{IPA link|e}}

|{{IPA link|ə}}

|{{IPA link|o}}

Open

|

|{{IPA link|a}}

|{{IPA link|ɔ}}

  • /e/ is heard as [ɛ] in close syllables.{{Cite book |last=Dubois |first=Carl D. & Lauretta J. |title=Phonemic Statement of Tagabawa |publisher=Summer Institute of Linguistics: Philippines |year=2006}}

References

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