Higaonon is a
Manobo language spoken on the island of
Mindanao in the
Philippines. It is partially (80%) intelligible with
Binukid
The Bukid language, ''Binukid'' or ''Bukidnon'', is an Austronesian language spoken by indigenous peoples of Northern Mindanao in the southern Philippines. The word means 'mountain' or 'highland' while means 'in the manner, or style, of the ...
.
Higaonon is spoken in the Butuan River basin of north-central Mindanao, comprising northwestern
Agusan del Sur Province and the area of
Agusan del Norte Province south of
Butuan City.
[Ethnologue] According to ''
Ethnologue
''Ethnologue: Languages of the World'' (stylized as ''Ethnoloɠue'') is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world. It is the world's most comprehensiv ...
'', it is closely related to
Binukid
The Bukid language, ''Binukid'' or ''Bukidnon'', is an Austronesian language spoken by indigenous peoples of Northern Mindanao in the southern Philippines. The word means 'mountain' or 'highland' while means 'in the manner, or style, of the ...
, with 77%–81%
mutual intelligibility.
References
Manobo languages
Languages of Bukidnon
Languages of Misamis Oriental
Languages of Agusan del Sur
Languages of Lanao del Norte
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