Matigsalug language

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Matigsalug
Matig-Salug Manobo
Tigwa
Native to	Philippines
Region	southern parts of Bukidnon province, Mindanao
Native speakers	50,000 (2010)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Mindanao Manobo Central South Matigsalug
Dialects	Kulamanen Tigwa Tala Ingod Matig-Salug
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mbt`

Matigsalug (Matig-Salug Manobo), or Tigwa, is a Manobo language of Mindanao in the Philippines. Dialects are divergent; Tigwa and Matigsalug proper have only marginal intelligibility.

References

↑ Matigsalug reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

Philippine Negrito languages

Northern Luzon

Northeastern Luzon	Dupaningan Agta Dinapigue Agta Casiguran Agta Nagtipunan Agta Pahanan Agta

Central Luzon

Ayta Mag-indi
Ayta Mag-anchi
Ayta Abellen
Ayta Ambala
Ayta Magbukun (Mariveleño)
Remontado Dumagat

Manide-Inagta

Manide
Inagta Alabat (Inagta Lopez)
Katabangan †

Central Philippine

Bikol	Inagta Rinconada Inagta Partido Mount Iraya Agta †

Visayan	Ati Ata

Mansakan	Mamanwa

Mindanao

Ata Manobo
Matigsalug (Tigwa)

Northern Mindoro

Iraya

Palawan

Batak

Unclassified

Umiray Dumaget

Cross (†) and italics indicate extinct languages.

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