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BKD ISO 639-3

Binukid

Binukid Autonym

A language of Philippines

ISO 639
bkd
Alternate Names
Binokid, Binukid Manobo, Bukidnon
Autonym
Binukid
Population
122,000 (2005 UNSD).
Location:
Northern Mindanao region: north Bukidnon province and northeast Lanao del Norte provinces; Misamis Oriental province, Cagayan de Oro including southwest of Gingoog bay; Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao: Lanao del Sur province, small border strip.
Language Status
5* (Developing).
Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Manobo, North
Dialects
Talaandig. Reportedly similar to Higaonon [mba].
Typology
VSO, VOS; prepositions; genitives after noun heads; articles, adjectives, numerals all before noun heads; relatives after noun heads or without noun heads; question word in sentence-initial position; maximum number of affixes: 3 prefixes, 2 suffixes; affixes do not indicate case of noun phrase; non-obligatory verb affixes indicate number; passives; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVC, CVV, CVVC; nontonal.
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 63%. Literacy rate in L2: 63%. Literature. Dictionary. NT: 1986–2015.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Binukid
Writing
Latin script [Latn].

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Location: Northern Mindanao region: north Bukidnon province and northeast Lanao del Norte provinces; Misamis Oriental province, Cagayan de Oro including southwest of Gingoog bay; Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao: Lanao del Sur province, small border strip.