Mandaya language
Mandaya | |
---|---|
Caraga | |
Native to | Philippines |
Region | some parts of Davao Oriental, Mindanao |
Native speakers | 250,000 (2010)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
mry |
Glottolog |
kara1489 [2] |
Mandaya is an Austronesian language of Mindanao in the Philippines. It may be intelligible with Mansaka.
Geographical distribution
Ethnologue reports that Mandaya is spoken in Manay, Caraga, Baganga, and Cateel municipalities of Davao Oriental Province, as well as in Davao del Norte Province.
Varieties
Ethnologue lists the following varieties of Mandaya.
- Carraga Mandaya
- Cateelenyo
- Manay Mandayan
- Mandaya
- Cataelano
- Karaga
- Sangab
- Mangaragan Mandaya
References
- ↑ Mandaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Karaga Mandaya". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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