Cotabato Manobo (Dulangan Manobo) is a
Manobo language spoken in
Mindanao
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, the
Philippines
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. Dialects include Tasaday and Blit.
Distribution
Cotabato Manobo is spoken in the
Kalamansig,
Palimbang, and
Ninoy Aquino
Benigno "Ninoy" Simeón Aquino Jr., (, ; November 27, 1932 – August 21, 1983) was a Filipino politician who served as a senator of the Philippines (1967–1972) and governor of the province of Tarlac (1963–1967). Aquino was the husban ...
municipalities of
Sultan Kudarat Province and the
T'Boli municipality of
South Cotabato Province.
Phonology
Vowels
* are realized as in
closed syllable
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s.
* is realized as when it is preceded by and in an
open syllable
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.
* is realized as when it is followed by or .
* is realized as when it is followed by , , or , or when word-initial and followed by . For some speakers it may also be realized as before or after when not word-initial.
Consonants
See also
*
Lumad
The Lumad are a group of Austronesian indigenous peoples in the southern Philippines. It is a Cebuano term meaning "native" or "indigenous". The term is short for Katawhang Lumad (Literally: "indigenous people"), the autonym officially ado ...
References
Further reading
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Manobo languages
Languages of Cotabato
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