Mansakan languages

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Mansakan
Geographic
distribution		Davao Region, Mindanao
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Glottologmans1261

The Mansakan languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines. Dabawenyo is the principal native language of the Davao region; however, there is a high degree of bilingualism in Cebuano among their speakers. Most speakers have shifted to Cebuano today.

Classification[]

Overview[]

The Mansakan languages are:

Gallman (1974)[]

The Mansakan subgrouping below is from Gallman (1974).[1]

Individual languages are marked by italics, and primary branches by bold italics.

  • Mansakan
    • North Mansakan
      • Kamayo North and Kamayo South
    • Dabaw
      • (Davaoeño)
    • Eastern Mansakan
    • Western Mansakan
  • Mamanwa

References[]

  1. ^ Gallman, Andrew Franklin. A Reconstruction of Proto-Mansakan. M.A. dissertation. Arlington, Texas: Dept. of Linguistics, University of Texas at Arlington, 1974.


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