Mansakan languages

Mansakan
Mansakan
Geographic; distribution	Davao Region, Mindanao
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Philippine Mansakan; ; ; ;
Language codes
Glottolog	mans1261

The Mansakan languages are a group of languages spoken in the Philippines. Davawenyo is the principal native language of the Davao region; however, there is a high degree of bilingualism in Cebuano among their speakers.

Classification

Overview

The Mansakan languages are:

Davawenyo
Mandayan

Gallman (1974)

The Mansakan subgrouping below is from Gallman (1974).^[1]

Individual languages are marked by italics, and primary branches by bold italics.

Mansakan
- North Mansakan
  - Kamayo North and Kamayo South
- Davaw
  - Davawenyo (Davaweño)
- Eastern Mansakan
  - Isamal
  - Caraga (Karaga)
  - Kabasagan, Boso, Mansaka, Mandayan
- Western Mansakan
  - Kalagan and Tagakaolo
Mamanwa

References

^ Gallman, Andrew Franklin. A Reconstruction of Proto-Mansakan. M.A. dissertation. Arlington, Texas: Dept. of Liunguistics, University of Texas at Arlington, 1974.

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[1] Gallman, Andrew Franklin. A Reconstruction of Proto-Mansakan. M.A. dissertation. Arlington, Texas: Dept. of Liunguistics, University of Texas at Arlington, 1974.

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