Klata (also known as Clata, Giangan, Bagobo, Jangan) is an

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of the southern Philippines. It is spoken on the eastern slopes of

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in Davao del Sur Province, as well as in

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(''Ethnologue'') in an area stretching from Catalunan to Calinan. The nearby

Tagabawa language Tagabawa is a Manobo language of Davao City and Mount Apo in Mindanao, the Philippines. Tagabawa is spoken in Cotabato and Davao del Sur provinces, and on the slopes of Mount Apo west of Davao City Davao City, officially the City of Dav ...

is also known as ''Bagobo'', and is not to be confused with Giangan.

Classification

Klata is usually classified as one of the South Mindanao languages. Zorc (2019) proposes that it is not included among the South Mindanao languages, but only more distantly related to them within a wider subgroup of the

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which he calls "Southern Philippine".

Distribution

Traditional Klata (Giangan) population centers included the following barangays (''see also

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''). *Biao, Tugbok District, Davao City *Tagakpan, Tugbok District, Davao City *Dulian *Sirib, Calinan District, Davao City *Gumalang, Baguio District, Davao City *Tamugan, Marilog District, Davao City It is also spoken in Biao Joaquin, Calinan District and in various parts of Baguio District. The Lipadas River separated the traditional Tagabawa and Clata territories, while the Talomo River (Ikawayanlinan) was the boundary separating the Tagabawas, Clatas, and Obos. The Davao River separated the traditional Bagobo and Clata territories.

Phonology

Klata has a five-vowel system consisting of the vowels . It also has consonantal geminates. Consonantal phonemes are . sometimes occurs as phonemic, but is mostly heard as an allophone of .

Vowels

Consonants

References

External links

Klata recordings

Guiangan (Baguio) word list
(Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database)
Guiangan (Sirib) word list
(Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database) {{Philippine languages Languages of Davao del Sur Languages of Davao Occidental Philippine languages