Page Type: languageManobo, Cotabato | Ethnologue

MTA ISO 639-3

Manobo, Cotabato

Menubù Autonym

A language of Philippines

ISO 639
mta
Alternate Names
Dulangan Manobo
Autonym
Menubù
Population
30,000 (2007 SIL), increasing. 227,000 all Manobo (2005 UNSD). 5,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 24,600 (2010 census).
Location:
Soccsksargen region: Sultan Kudarat province, Kalamansig, Ninoy Aquino, and Palimbang municipalities; South Cotabato province, T’Boli municipality.
Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Manobo, South
Dialects
Tasaday, Blit.
Typology
VSO; prepositions; 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; word order distinguishes subject, object and direct objects, given and new information, topic and comment; affixes do not indicate case of noun phrase; passives; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVC; nontonal.
Language Use
Vigorous. All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Cebuano [ceb]. Also use Filipino [fil]. Also use Hiligaynon [hil]. Second languages acquired in school and community and used in schools, trade with non-Manobos, and government. Used as L2 by Teduray [tiy].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 25%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–10%. Literature. Radio. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1988–2005.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Manobo, Cotabato
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments
Christian, traditional religion.

Also Spoken in

Map

Location: Soccsksargen region: Sultan Kudarat province, Kalamansig, Ninoy Aquino, and Palimbang municipalities; South Cotabato province, T’Boli municipality.