Philippine languages
Philippine | |
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Geographic distribution | Philippines Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia Eastern Sabah, Malaysia Orchid Island, Taiwan |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
Subdivisions |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 / 5 | phi |
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Glottolog | None grea1284 (Greater Central Philippine) |
The Philippine languages, per Adelaar and Himmelmann (2005) |
In linguistics, the Philippine languages are a 1991 proposal by Robert Blust that all the languages of the Philippines and northern Sulawesi—except Sama–Bajaw (languages of the "Sea Gypsies") and a few languages of Palawan—form a subfamily of Austronesian languages. Although the Philippines is near the center of Austronesian expansion from Formosa, there is little linguistic diversity among the approximately 150 Philippine languages, suggesting that earlier diversity has been erased by the spread of the ancestor of the modern Philippine languages.[1][2] Philippine languages make up the oldest non-Formosan languages of the Austronesian language family, with several languages preserving the proto-Austronesian schwa and d–r assonance lost in the Sunda–Sulawesi languages.
Classification
From approximately north to south, Adelaar and Himmelmann (2005) divide the Philippine languages into the following groups:
- Northern Philippine languages
- Batanic languages (4 languages between Batanes and Formosa)
- Northern Luzon languages (40 languages, including Ilocano and Pangasinan)
- Central Luzon languages (5 languages, including Sambal and Kapampangan)
- Northern Mindoro languages (or North Mangyan; 3 languages)
- Greater Central Philippine languages
- Southern Mindoro languages ( or South Mangyan; 3 languages)
- Central Philippine languages (40 languages, including Tagalog, Bikol languages and Visayan languages)
- Palawan languages (3 languages)
- Mindanao languages (20 languages, including Maguindanao and Maranao)
- Gorontalo–Mongondow languages (9 languages of Gorontalo and North Sulawesi)
- Kalamian languages (2 languages of northern Palawan)
- South Mindanao languages (5 languages)
- Sangiric languages (4 languages of Sangir and Talaud Islands)
- Minahasan languages (5 languages of North Sulawesi)
In addition, the Umiray Dumaget, Manide and Inagta Alabat languages are unclassified within the Philippine family.
Vocabulary comparison
Comparison chart between several selected Philippine languages spoken from north to south with Proto-Austronesian first for comparison.
English | one | two | three | four | person | house | dog | coconut | day | new | we | what | fire | and |
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Proto-Austronesian | isa | duSa | telu | Sepat | Cau | Rumaq | asu | niuR | qalejaw | baqeRu | i-kita | n-anu | apuy | |
Tao | ása | dóa (raroa) | tílo (tatlo) | apat (ápat) | tao | vahay | chito | niyoy | araw | vayo | yaten | ango | apoy | |
Ivatan | asa | dadowa | tatdo | apat | tao | vahay | chito | niyoy | araw | va-yo | yaten | ango | apoy | |
Ilokano | maysa | dua | tallo | uppat | tao | balay | aso | niog | aldaw | baro | sitayo | ania | apoy | ken |
Ibanag | tadday | dua | tallu | appa' | tolay | balay | kitu | niuk | aggaw | bagu | sittam | anni | afi | |
Gaddang | antet | addwa | tallo | appat | tolay | balay | atu | ayog | aw | bawu | ikkanetam | sanenay | afuy | |
Pangasinan | sakey | dua, duara | talo, talora | apat, apatira | too | abong | aso | niyog | ageo | balo | sikatayo | anto | pool | tan/et |
Kapampangan | métung | adwâ | atlû | ápat | táu | balé | ásu | ngúngut | aldô | báyu | íkatamu | nánu | api | at/ampong |
Tagalog | isa | dalawa | tatlo | apat | tao | bahay | aso | niyog | araw | bago | tayo | ano | apoy | at |
Central Bikol | saro | duwa | tulo | upat | tawo | harong | ayam | niyog | adlaw | ba-go | kita | ano | kalayo | asin |
Rinconada Bikol | əsad | darwā | tolō | əpat | tawō | baləy | ayam | noyog | aldəw | bāgo | kitā | onō | kalayō | |
Waray | usa / sayo | duha | tulo | upat | tawo | balay | ayam/ido | lubi | adlaw | bag-o | kita | ano | kalayo | ngan |
Romblomanon | isa | duha | tuyo | upat | tawo | bayay | ayam | niyog | adlaw | bag-o | kita | ano | kalayo | |
Asi | usa | ruha | tuyo | upat | tawo | bayay | iro | nidog | adlaw | bag-o | kita | ni-o | kayado | |
Onhan | isya | darwa | tatlo | ap-at | tawo | balay | ayam | niyog | adlaw | bag-o | kita | ano | kalayo | |
Akeanon | isaea | daywa | tatlo | ap-at | tawo | baeay | ayam | niyog | adlaw | bag-o | kita | ano | kaeayo | |
Kinaray-a | sara | darwa | tatlo | apat | taho | balay | ayam | niyog | adlaw | bag-o | kita, tatən | ano | kalayo | kag |
Hiligaynon | isa | duha | tatlo | apat | tawo | balay | ido | lubi | adlaw | bag-o | kita | ano | kalayo | kag |
Cebuano | usa | duha | tulo | upat | tawo | balay | iro | lubi | adlaw | bag-o | kita | unsa | kalayo | ug |
Maranao | isa | dowa | t'lo | phat | taw | walay | aso | neyog | gawi'e | bago | tano | tonaa | apoy | |
Tboli | sotu | lewu | tlu | fat | tau | gunu | ohu | lefo | kdaw | lomi | tekuy | tedu | ofih | |
Tausug | hambuuk | duwa | tu | upat | tau | bay | iru' | niyug | adlaw | ba-gu | kitaniyu | unu | kayu | |
Mongondow | inta' | dua | tolu | opat | intau | baloi | ungku' | cekut | singgai | mo-bagu | kita | onda | tulu' | |
Gorontalo | tuwewu | duluwo | totolu | wopato | tawu | bele | 'apula | sekat | dulahu | bohu | 'ito | wolo | tulu | |
Tombulu (Minahasa) | esa | zua (rua) | telu | epat | tou | walé | asu | po'po' | endo | weru | kai, kita | apa | api | |
Sangihe | sembau | darua | tatelu | epa | tau | balé | asu | tombong | elo | wuhu | kite | kawe | putung | dingangu |
Philippine Negrito languages
The Negrito peoples of the Philippines speak various languages. They have more in common with neighboring languages than with each other, and are listed here merely as an aid to identification.
Lobel (2013)
Lobel (2013)[3] lists the following Black Filipino (i.e., Philippine Negrito) ethnolinguistic groups.
- Northern Luzon
- Umiray Dumaget
- Remontado Dumagat
- Alta, Northern
- Alta, Southern
- Arta
- Casiguran Agta
- Nagtipunan Agta
- Dinapigue Agta
- Central Cagayan Agta
- Pahanan (Agta)
- Dupaningan Agta
- Atta (3-4 languages)
(Lobel (2010)[4] lists the following Negrito languages that are spoken on the eastern coast of Luzon Island, listed from north to south.)
- Dupaningan Agta (Northern Luzon branch)
- Pahanan Agta
- Casiguran Agta
- Umiray Dumaget
- Remontado Dumagat
- Inagta Alabat
- Manide (unclassified)
- Inagta Partido
- Inagta Rinconada
Furthermore, Robinson & Lobel (2013)[5] argue that Dupaningan Agta, Pahanan Agta, Casiguran Agta, Nagtipunan Agta, Dinapigue Agta, and Paranan do not belong to the Northern Cordilleran branch, but rather a new branch that they call Northeastern Luzon, which they consider to be a primary branch of the Northern Luzon (Cordilleran) group.
- Zambales Mountains
- Ayta Mag-indi
- Ayta Mag-anchi
- Ayta Abellen
- Ayta Ambala
- Ayta Bataan (aka Ayta Magbukun)
- Southern Luzon
- Inagta Rinconada
- Inagta Partido
- Manide
- Inagta Alabat (and Inagta Lopez)
- Southern Philippines
- Inata (possibly 2 dialects)
- Inati (Inete) (2 dialects?)
- Mamanwa
- Batak (5-8 dialects)
- Iraya (Mangyan)
- Ata/Tigwa/Matigsalug Manobo
- Extinct varieties
- Mount Iraya Agta (AKA East Lake Buhi Agta)
- Inagta Alabat
- Dicamay Agta: spoken on the Dicamay River on the western side of the Sierra Madre near Jones, Isabela; reportedly exterminated by Ilokano homesteaders sometime between 1957 and 1974 (Headland 2003:7)
- Villa Viciosa Agta
Reid (1994)
Reid (1994) lists the following Negrito languages.[6]
- North Agta
- Arta - 12 remaining speakers in Aglipay, Quirino, in 1990
- Alta
- North Alta - spoken in Aurora Province
- South Alta (Kabuluen) - spoken in Nueva Ecija and Bulacan Provinces
- Central Agta - spoken in eastern Luzon; includes Umiray
- South Agta
- Sinauna
- Ayta - 6 different languages spoken in the Zambales Mountains according to Wimbel (1986):[7]
- Other Philippine Negrito languages
- Ata Manobo - spoken in Mansalinao, Davao
- Batak - spoken in Palawan
- Inati
- Mamanwa - spoken in Agusan
Ethnologue adds extinct and unclassified Katabaga of southern Luzon.
See also
- Ancient Philippine scripts
- Abakada alphabet
- Filipino alphabet
- Filipino orthography
- Languages of the Philippines
- Philippine literature
- Language regulators
References
- ^ Adelaar & Himmelmann 2005)
- ^ More diverse Philippine-type are found in Borneo.
- ^ Lobel, Jason William. 2013. Philippine and North Bornean languages: issues in description, subgrouping, and reconstruction. Ph.D. dissertation. Manoa: University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
- ^ Lobel, Jason William. 2010. Manide: An Undescribed Philippine Language. Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 49, no. 2.
- ^ Robinson, Laura C. and Jason William Lobel (2013). "The Northeastern Luzon Subgroup of Philippine Languages." Oceanic Linguistics 52.1 (2013): 125-168.
- ^ Reid, Lawrence A. 1994. "Possible Non-Austronesian Lexical Elements in Philippine Negrito Languages." In Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jun. 1994), pp. 37-72.
- ^ Wimbish, John. 1986. The languages of the Zambales mountains: a Philippine lexicostatistic study. In Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, vol. 30:133-142.
- Fay Wouk and Malcolm Ross (ed.), The history and typology of western Austronesian voice systems. Australian National University, 2002.
- K. Alexander Adelaar and Nikolaus Himmelmann, The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. Routledge, 2005.
- Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database, 2008.
- Reid, Lawrence A. (2013) "Who Are the Philippine Negritos? Evidence from Language." Human Biology: Vol. 85: Iss. 1, Article 15.
External links
- Comparative vocabularies of Philippine and other Austronesian languages
- Cognate sets for Austronesian languages