Cotabato Manobo language
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Cotabato Manobo | |
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Region | Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao, the Philippines |
Native speakers
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30,000 (2007)[1] |
Dialects | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mta |
Glottolog | cota1241 [2] |
Cotabato Manobo is a Manobo language spoken in Mindanao, the Philippines.
Phonology
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | ɛ | ə | ɔ |
Open-mid | a | ||
Open |
- /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
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Rounded velar |
Glottal | ||
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Stop | Voiceless | t | k | ʔ | |||
Voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||||
Fricative | ɸ | s | h | ||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
Lateral | l | ||||||
Semivowel | j | w |
See also
References
- ↑ Cotabato Manobo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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