MBT ISO 639-3
Manobo, Matigsalug
Matigsalug Autonym
A language of Philippines
- ISO 639
- mbt
- Alternate Names
- Matig-Salug Manobo, Salug-Tigwa Manobo, Tigwa, Tigwa Manobo
- Autonym
- Matigsalug
- Population
- 50,000 (2010 SIL), increasing. 227,000 all Manobo (2005 UNSD). 5,000 monolinguals.
- Location:
- Davao region: northwest Davao del Sur province; Northern Mindanao region: south-central Bukidnon province; Soccsksargen region: northeast North Cotabato region.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Manobo, Central, South, Ata-Tigwa
- Dialects
- Kulamanen. Tigwa has marginal intelligibility of Matigsalug. Tala Ingod may have adequate intelligibility of Matigsalug.
- Typology
- VSO; prepositions; genitives after noun heads; articles, adjectives, and numerals before noun heads; question word in sentence-initial position; 3 maximum prefixes, 2 maximum suffixes; ergativity; passives; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVC; nontonal.
- Language Use
- Home, neighborhood, church. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Cebuano [ceb].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 10%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%. Literature. Radio. Videos. Dictionary. Texts. NT: 2010.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Manobo, Matigsalug
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian, traditional religion.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Davao region: northwest Davao del Sur province; Northern Mindanao region: south-central Bukidnon province; Soccsksargen region: northeast North Cotabato region.
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