Cotabato Manobo language

Cotabato Manobo
Region	Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao, the Philippines
Native speakers	30,000 (2007)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Mindanao Manobo South Cotabato Manobo
Dialects	Tasaday
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mta`
Glottolog	`cota1241`^[2]

Cotabato Manobo (Dulangan Manobo) is a Manobo language spoken in Mindanao, the Philippines. Dialects include Tasaday and Blit.

Distribution

Cotabato Manobo is spoken in (Ethnologue):

Sultan Kudarat Province: Kalamansig, Palimbang, and Ninoy Aquino municipalities
South Cotabato Province: T’Boli municipality

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	ɛ	ə	ɔ
Open-mid	ɛ	a
Open		a

/i u/ are realized as [ɪ ʊ] in closed syllables.
/ɛ/ is realized as [e] when it is preceded by /k/ and in an open syllable.
/a/ is realized as [ɜ] when it is followed by /h/ or /ʔ/.
/ɔ/ is realized as [ɒ] when it is followed by /h/, /ʔ/, or /ɡ/, or when word-initial and followed by /k/. For some speakers it may also be realized as [ɒ] before or after /k/ when not word-initial.

Consonants

		Labial	Coronal	Dorsal	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ŋ
Stop	voiced	b	d	ɡ
Stop	voiceless		t	k	ʔ
Fricative		ɸ	s		h
Approximant		w	l	j

References

↑ Cotabato Manobo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Cotabato Manobo". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Harland Kerr (1988). "Cotabato Manobo grammar". Studies in Philippine Linguistics. 7 (1): 1–123.

Languages of the Philippines

Official languages

Regional languages

Indigenous languages
(by region)

Luzon

Ilocos	Bolinao
Cordillera	Atta Balangao Bontoc Ga'dang Kalinga Kallahan Kankanaey Ibaloi Ifugao Isnag Itneg Itawis Iwaak Malaweg Tuwali
Cagayan Valley	Arta Atta Central Cagayan Agta Dinapigue Agta Dupaningan Agta Gaddang Ilongot Isinai Itbayat Itawis Kallahan Karao Malaweg Nagtipunan Agta Paranan Agta Paranan Yogad
Central Luzon	Abellen Ambala Antsi Botolan Casiguran Dumagat Agta Indi Kasiguranin Mariveleño Northern Alta Southern Alta Umiray Dumaget
Calabarzon	Inagta Alabat Manide Remontado Agta Southern Alta Umiray Dumaget
Metro Manila	Hokaglish Taglish
Mimaropa	Agutaynen Alangan Asi Calamian Tagbanwa Central Tagbanwa Cuyonon Iraya Kagayanen Molbog Onhan Palawan Batak Palawano Ratagnon Romblomanon Tadyawan
Bicol	Albay Bikol Inagta Partido Manide Masbateño Mount Iraya Agta Pandan Bikol Rinconada Bikol Sorsoganon Southern Catanduanes Bikol

Visayas

Western Visayas	Ati Caluyanon Capiznon Sulod
Negros Island	Ata Karolanos Magahat
Central Visayas	Bantayanon Eskayan Porohanon
Eastern Visayas	Abaknon Baybay Kabalian

Mindanao

Zamboanga Peninsula	Subanon
Northern Mindanao	Bukid Higaonon Ilianen Iranun Kamigin Matigsalug Subanon Western Bukidnon
Caraga	Agusan Ata Manobo Butuanon Higaonon Kamayo Mamanwa
Davao	Bagobo B'laan Davawenyo Kalagan Mandaya Mansaka Obo Sangirese Sarangani Tagabawa
Soccsksargen	B'laan Cotabato Manobo Ilianen Iranun Obo Tboli Tiruray
Muslim Mindanao	Iranun Pangutaran Sama Sama

Immigrant languages

Sign languages

Historical languages

Ilocano Arta † Dicamay Agta †
Cagayan Valley	Ibanag Isnag Atta Itawis Yogad Cagayan Aeta Gaddang Ga'dang
South-Central Cordilleran	Pangasinan Northern Alta Southern Alta Isinai Itneg Kalinga Ifugao Tuwali ? Balangao Bontok-Finallig Kankanaey Ilongot Ibaloi Iwaak Kallahan Karao

Central Luzon

Northern Mindoro

Greater
Central
Philippine ?

Southern Mindoro

Central
Philippine

Tagalic	Tagalog Kasiguranin
Bikol	Central Bikol Isarog Agta Mount Iraya Agta Albay Bikol Mount Iriga Agta Rinconada Pandan Bikol
Visayan	Cebuano Boholano Hiligaynon Waray Tausug Karay-a Aklanon Capiznon Asi Baybayanon Kabalian Bantayanon Porohanon Romblomanon Caluyanon Onhan Cuyunon Ratagnon Surigaonon Butuanon
Bisakol ?	Masbateño Sorsoganon
Unclassified	Sulod Magahat Karolanos Ata †

Mansakan

Palawan

Mindanao

Subanon
Danao	Maguindanao Maranao Iranun
Manobo	Agusan Ata Manobo Matigsalug Obo Ilianen Western Bukidnon Binukid Higaonon Kagayanen Kamigin Cotabato Manobo Sarangani Tagabawa

Unclassified

Umiray Dumaget Ati
Manide-Inagta	Inagta Alabat Manide

† indicates extinct status
? indicates classification dispute

Lumad peoples
Kamayo Manobo T'boli B'laan Tasaday

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