Mansakan languages

Mansakan
Mansakan
Geographic; distribution	Davao Region, Mindanao
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Central Philippine Mansakan; ; ; ; ;
Proto-language	Proto-Mansakan
Language codes
Glottolog	mans1261

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 a dialect of Cebuano today.

Classification

Overview

The Mansakan languages are:

Mansakan
- Dabawenyo
- Mandayan
  - Mansaka
  - Mandaya
- Kamayo
- Kalagan (a dialect cluster)
- Mamanwa

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
  - Kamayo South
- Dabaw
  - Dabawenyo (Davaoeño)
- Eastern Mansakan
  - Mandayan
- Western Mansakan
  - Kalagan
  - Tagakaolo
Mamanwa

References

^ 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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[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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