Buhid language

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Buhid
ᝊᝓᝑᝒ
Native toPhilippines
RegionMimaropa
Native speakers
12,000 (2010)[1]
Buhid
Language codes
ISO 639-3bku
Glottologbuhi1245

The Buhid language (Buhid: ᝊᝓᝑᝒ) is a language spoken by Mangyans in the island of Mindoro, Philippines. It is divided into eastern and western dialects.

It uses the Buhid script, which is encoded in the Unicode-Block Buhid (Buid) (1740–175F).

Distribution

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Barbian (1977)[2] lists the following locations.

Phonology

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Consonants

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Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
Nasal m n ŋ
Fricative f s h
Tap ɾ
Lateral l
Approximant w j

Vowels

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Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid ɛ ʌ o
Open a
  • Sounds /k, ɡ/ can be heard as fricatives [x, ɣ] in intervocalic position.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Buhid at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Barbian, Karl-Josef. 1977. English-Mangyan vocabulary. Cebu City: University of San Carlos.
  3. ^ Barham, R. Marie (1958). The phonemes of the Buhid (Mangyan) language of Eastern Mindoro, Philippines. Sydney: University of Sydney.

Sources

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  • Barham, R. Marie (1958). "The phonemes of the Buhid (Mangyan) language of Eastern Mindoro, Philippines". Studies in Philippine linguistics. Oceania Linguistic Monographs. Vol. 3. University of Sydney. pp. 4–9.
  • Pennoyer, F. Douglas (1979). "Buhid and Tawbuid: A new subgrouping Mindoro, Philippines". In Naylor, Paz Buenaventura (ed.). Austronesian studies: Papers from the Second Eastern Conference on Austronesian languages. Michigan Papers on South and Southeast Asia. Vol. 15. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan. pp. 265–271.
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