| Manobo | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | CentralMindanao |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
| Subdivisions |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 /5 | mno |
| Glottolog | mano1276 |
 Geographic extent of Manobo languages based on Ethnologue maps | |
TheManobo languages are a group of languages spoken in the Philippines. Their speakers are primarily located aroundNorthern Mindanao,Central Mindanao (presently calledSoccsksargen) andCaragaregions where they are natively spoken. Some outlying groups make Manobo geographically discontiguous as other speakers can be located as far as the southern peninsula ofDavao Oriental, most ofDavao Occidental and coastal areas ofSultan Kudarat. TheKagayanen speakers are the most extremely remote and can be found in certain portions ofPalawan.
Elkins (1974:637) classifies the Manobo languages as follows.
| Proto-Manobo | |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction of | Manobo languages |
Reconstructed ancestors | |
Elkins (1974) includes a reconstruction of Proto-Manobo, along with 197 reconstructed etyma.
The Proto-Manobo phonemes are (Elkins 1974:616):
| *p | *t | *k | *ʔ |
| *b | *d | *g | |
| *m | *n | *ŋ | |
| *l | |||
| *r | |||
| *s | *h | ||
| *w | *y |
| *i | *u |
| *e | |
| *a |