Manobo, Matigsalug

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A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3
mbt
Alternate Names
Matig-Salug Manobo, Salug-Tigwa Manobo, Tigwa, Tigwa Manobo
Autonym
Matigsalug
User Population

50,000 (2010 SIL), increasing. 227,000 all Manobo (2005 UNSD). 5,000 monolinguals.

Location

Davao region: northwest Davao del Sur province; Northern Mindanao region: south-central Bukidnon province; Soccsksargen region: northeast North Cotabato region.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Manobo, Central, South, Ata-Tigwa
Dialects

Kulamanen. Tigwa has marginal intelligibility of Matigsalug. Tala Ingod may have adequate intelligibility of Matigsalug.

Typology

VSO; prepositions; genitives after noun heads; articles, adjectives, and numerals before noun heads; question word in sentence-initial position; 3 maximum prefixes, 2 maximum suffixes; ergativity; passives; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVC; nontonal.

Language Use

Home, neighborhood, church. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Cebuano [ceb].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 10%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%. Literature. Radio. Videos. Dictionary. Texts. NT: 2010.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Manobo, Matigsalug
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.