MMN ISO 639-3
Minamanwa
Minamanwa Autonym
A language of Philippines
- ISO 639
- mmn
- Alternate Names
- Mamanwa, Mamanwa Negrito
- Autonym
- Minamanwa
- Population
- 4,070 (2005 UNSD).
- Location:
- Caraga region: Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Norte provinces in Lake Mainit area.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Mamanwa
- Typology
- VSO, VOS; prepositions; genitives before noun heads; articles, adjectives, numerals all before noun heads; relatives are formed by juxtaposing two clauses without a relative marker; question word in sentence-initial position; maximum number of affixes: 3 prefixes, 1 suffix; word order distinguishes given and new information, topic and comment; affixes do not indicate case of noun phrase; non-obligatory verb affixes indicate number; causatives; comparatives formed by juxtaposition of two clauses; CV, CVC; nontonal.
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 7%. Literacy rate in L2: 7%. Literature. Grammar. NT: 1982.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Minamanwa
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Caraga region: Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Norte provinces in Lake Mainit area.
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