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Western Bukidnon Manobo
Native to Philippines
Regionmostly in southwestern portions of Northern Mindanao region, Mindanao
Native speakers
15,000 (2008) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mbb
Glottolog west2555
ELP Western Bukidnon Manobo

Western Bukidnon Manobo is a Manobo language of Mindanao in the Philippines.

Distribution and dialects

Western Bukidnon Manobo is spoken in the following locations: [2]

Its dialects are Ilentungen, Kiriyenteken, and Pulangiyen.

References

  1. ^ Western Bukidnon Manobo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Ethnologue

Further reading

  • Elkins, Richard Ewell (1967). Major Grammatical Patterns of Western Bukidnon Manobo (Ph.D. thesis). University of Hawaii. hdl: 10125/11706.
  • Elkins, Richard E. (1970). Major Grammatical Patterns of Western Bukidnon Manobo. Summer Institute of Linguistics. – published version of Elkins's 1967 dissertation

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