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Mandaya
Caraga
Native to Philippines
Regionsome parts of Davao Oriental, Mindanao
Native speakers
250,000 (2010) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mry
Glottolog kara1489

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
  • Cateeleño
  • Manay Mandayan
  • Mandaya
  • Cataelano
  • Karaga
  • Sangab
  • Mangaragan Mandaya

Pallesen (1985) [2] lists the following varieties of Mandaya.

References

  1. ^ Mandaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Pallesen, A. Kemp. 1985. Culture contact and language convergence. Philippine journal of linguistics: special monograph issue, 24. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines.