Manobo, Cotabato

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A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3
mta
Alternate Names
Dulangan Manobo
Autonym
Menubù
User Population

30,000 (2007 SIL), increasing. 227,000 all Manobo (2005 UNSD). 5,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 24,600 (2010 census).

Location

Soccsksargen region: Sultan Kudarat province, Kalamansig, Ninoy Aquino, and Palimbang municipalities; South Cotabato province, T’Boli municipality.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

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

Tasaday, Blit.

Typology

VSO; prepositions; articles, adjectives, numerals all before noun heads; relatives after noun heads or without noun heads; question word in sentence-initial position; maximum number of affixes: 3 prefixes, 2 suffixes; word order distinguishes subject, object and direct objects, given and new information, topic and comment; affixes do not indicate case of noun phrase; passives; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVC; nontonal.

Language Use

Vigorous. All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Cebuano [ceb]. Also use Filipino [fil]. Also use Hiligaynon [hil]. Second languages acquired in school and community and used in schools, trade with non-Manobos, and government. Used as L2 by Teduray [tiy].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 25%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–10%. Literature. Radio. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1988–2005.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Manobo, Cotabato
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.