Mansaka (Mansaka: Minansaka) is an

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language of

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in the

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. It may be intelligible with Mandaya. Mansaka is spoken in western Baganga, and into central-west

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province, continuing south back into

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Province as far south as

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and other provinces that borders the province of Davao de Oro. The word "Mansaka" literally means "The climbers" in the Mansaka language, from the suffix Man-, meaning "the peoples" in this case, and the word Saka which means "to climb" Grammar The Mansaka Grammar has a simple grammar like any other

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. It has the common Singular-Plural forms, the first, second and third persons, past, present and future, and uses suffix, prefix and infixes to construct words and to show their different forms

Grammar

GRAMMATICAL NUMBERS The Mansaka language uses only two (2) grammatical numbers. These are Singular (one) and Plural (many). Singular Singular nouns and pronouns were usually their 'simple forms' Ex: Sg: yang katumbal kamanga yang is an infinitive article or a word used to answer someone or something, followed by the word "katumbal" which means "chilli", then followed by the verb "kamanga" which came from the root word "kamang", "to come", added with the prefix "-a" to make into a 'command'. So, the sentence means "Get that chilli" Plural Singular nouns and pronouns can be pluralized by the word mga. Ex: Pl: yang mga katumbal kamanga "yang" is an indefinite article, followed by "mga" which is a 'pluralizer' that pluralizes the noun "katumbal" which means "chilli", and then followed by the verb "kamanga", which means "get (something)". So, the sentence means "Get those chilies" PERSONS Grammatical persons were present in the Mansaka language

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