Cotabato Manobo (Dulangan Manobo) is a

Manobo language The Manobo languages are a group of languages spoken in the Philippines. Their speakers are primarily located around Northern Mindanao, Central Mindanao (presently called Soccsksargen) and Caraga regions of the Philippines, regions where they are ...

spoken in

Mindanao Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of ...

, the

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. Dialects include Tasaday and Blit.

Distribution

Cotabato Manobo is spoken in the

Kalamansig Kalamansig, officially the Municipality of Kalamansig ( mdh, Inged nu Kalamansig, Jawi: ايڠايد نو كلامانسيڬ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Sultan Kudarat, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a pop ...

Palimbang Palimbang, officially the Municipality of Palimbang ( hil, Banwa sang Palimbang; tl, Bayan ng Palimbang; mdh, Inged nu Palimbang, Jawi: ايڠايد نو ڤاليمبڠ), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Sultan Kudarat, Philippin ...

, and

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municipalities of

Sultan Kudarat Province Sultan Kudarat, officially the Province of Sultan Kudarat ( hil, Kapuoran sang Sultan Kudarat; Maguindanaon: ''Dairat nu Sultan Kudarat'', Jawi: دايرت نو سلطان كودرت; ceb, Lalawigan sa Sultan Kudarat; tl, Lalawigan ng Sul ...

and the

T'Boli The Tboli people () are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Philippines, indigenous peoples of South Cotabato in southern Mindanao. In the body of ethnographic and linguistic literature on Mindanao, their name is variously spelt Tboli, T'boli, ...

municipality of

South Cotabato Province South Cotabato ( hil, Bagatnan Cotabato; ceb, Habagatang Cotabato; Maguindanaon: ''Pagabagatan Kutawatu'', Jawi: ڤاڬابڬتن كوتاواتو; tl, Timog Cotabato), officially the Province of South Cotabato, is a province in the Philippine ...

Phonology

Vowels

* are realized as in

closed syllable A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds typically made up of a syllable nucleus (most often a vowel) with optional initial and final margins (typically, consonants). Syllables are often considered the phonological "bu ...

s. * is realized as when it is preceded by and in an

open syllable A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds typically made up of a syllable nucleus (most often a vowel) with optional initial and final margins (typically, consonants). Syllables are often considered the phonological "bu ...

. * 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.

Distribution

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

See also

References

Further reading