Mandaya | |
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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 [2] |
Mandaya is an Austronesian language of Mindanao in the Philippines. It may be intelligible with Mansaka.
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
- Cateelenyo
- Manay Mandayan
- Mandaya
- Cataelano
- Karaga
- Sangab
- Mangaragan Mandaya
Pallesen (1985)[3] 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.
References[edit]
- ^ Mandaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mandaya". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ Pallesen, A. Kemp. 1985. Culture contact and language convergence. Philippine journal of linguistics: special monograph issue, 24. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines.