Mandaya language
| Mandaya | |
|---|---|
| Caraga | |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | some parts of Davao Oriental, Mindanao |
Native speakers | 250,000 (2010)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mry |
| Glottolog | kara1489 |
Mandaya is an Austronesian language of Mindanao in the Philippines. It may be intelligible with Mansaka. Mandaya is a language native to some parts of Davao Oriental, Mindanao.
Geographical distribution
[edit]Ethnologue reports that Mandaya is spoken in Manay, Caraga, Baganga, and Cateel municipalities of Davao Oriental Province, as well as in Davao del Norte Province.
Varieties
[edit]Ethnologue lists the following varieties of Mandaya.
- Carraga Mandaya
- Cateeleño
- Manay Mandayan
- Mandaya
- Cataelano
- Karaga
- Sangab
- Mangaragan Mandaya
Pallesen (1985)[2] lists the following varieties of Mandaya.
- Kabasagan
- Caragan
- Boso: spoken just inland from Mati, Davao Oriental
- Maragusan
- Mandaya Islam (or Kalagan Piso): spoken on the east coast of Davao Gulf directly east of Davao City, in Davao del Norte.
Phonology
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Open | a |
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||
| Lateral | l | ʎ | ||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
/d/ can be heard as [r] in intervocalic positions.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Mandaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Pallesen, A. Kemp. 1985. Culture contact and language convergence. Philippine journal of linguistics: special monograph issue, 24. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines.
- ^ Estrera, Edward G. (2020). A Grammatical Sketch of Mandaya. Diliman, University of the Philippines.
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