| Buhid | |
|---|---|
| ᝊᝓᝑᝒ | |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Mimaropa |
Native speakers | 12,000 (2010)[1] |
| Buhid | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bku |
| Glottolog | buhi1245 |
The Buhid language (Buhid: ᝊᝓᝑᝒ) is a language spoken by Mangyans in the island of Mindoro, Philippines. It is divided into eastern and western dialects.
It uses the Buhid script, which is encoded in the Unicode-Block Buhid (Buid) (1740–175F).
Distribution
Barbian (1977)[2] lists the following locations.
- Malfalon, Calintaan, Occidental Mindoro
- Barrio Rambida, Socorro, Oriental Mindoro
- Bato Eli, Barrio Monte Claro, San José Pandurucan (on the southern bank of the Bugsanga (Bisanga) River)
- Barrio Batangan, Panaytayan, Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Fricative | f | s | h | |||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | ɛ | ʌ | o |
| Open | a |
- Sounds /k, ɡ/ can be heard as fricatives [x, ɣ] in intervocalic position.[3]
References
- ↑ Buhid at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ↑ Barbian, Karl-Josef. 1977. English-Mangyan vocabulary. Cebu City: University of San Carlos.
- ↑ Barham, R. Marie (1958). The phonemes of the Buhid (Mangyan) language of Eastern Mindoro, Philippines. Sydney: University of Sydney.
Sources
- Barham, R. Marie. 1958. The phonemes of the Buhid (Mangyan) language of Eastern Mindoro, Philippines. Studies in Philippine linguistics 4-9. 4-9.
- Pennoyer, F. Douglas. 1980. "Buhid and Tawbuid: A new subgrouping Mindoro, Philippines." In Paz B. Naylor (ed.), Austronesian studies: Papers from the Second Eastern Conference on Austronesian languages, 265-271. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies.
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