South Mindanao languages

The South Mindanao or Bilic languages are a group of related languages spoken by the Bagobo, Blaan, Tboli, and Teduray peoples of the southern coast of Mindanao Island in the Philippines. They are not part of the Mindanao language family that covers much of the island. The languages are:

South Mindanao
Bilic
Geographic
distribution
southern coast of Mindanao
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Glottologbili1253
Areas where Bilic languages are spoken

Though it is typically classified as one of the South Mindanao languages, Klata (Giangan) is alternatively considered by Zorc (2019) to be a primary branch of the Southern Philippine languages, with Bilic being classified as a sister branch.

Reconstructions

Savage (1986) reconstructs Proto-South-Mindanaon using Tboli, Koronadal Blaan, and Sarangani Blaan data. Teduray and Giangan were not used in Savage's (1986) reconstruction.

Numerals

Numerals in South Mindanao languages[1]
NumeralBagoboTboliTeduraySarangani
Blaan
1hɔtusotusəbaʔansɑtu
2uwwɔlewurəwolwɨ
3tɔllutlutələwtlu
4appatfatfotfɑt
5limɔlimulimolimɨ
6ɔnnɔmnemnəmnɑm
7pittuhitufitəwfitu
8wɔluwoluwaləwwɑlu
9hiyɔwsyomsəyowsyəw
10pɔlluʔsfoloʔfolosfɑloʔ

Notes

  1. "Western Austronesian Languages". Numeral Systems of the World's Languages. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2015-07-06.

References


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