Buhid language

The Buhid language (Buhid: ᝊᝓᝑᝒ) is a language spoken by Mangyans in the island of Mindoro, Philippines. It is divided into eastern and western dialects.

Buhid
ᝊᝓᝑᝒ
Native toPhilippines
RegionMimaropa
Native speakers
12,000 (2010)[1]
Buhid
Language codes
ISO 639-3bku
Glottologbuhi1245

It uses the Buhid script, which is encoded in the Unicode-Block Buhid (Buid) (1740–175F).

Distribution

Barbian (1977)[2] lists the following locations.

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
Nasal m n ŋ
Fricative f s h
Tap ɾ
Lateral l
Approximant w j

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid ɛ ʌ o
Open a
  • Sounds /k, ɡ/ can be heard as fricatives [x, ɣ] in intervocalic position.[3]

References
  1. Buhid at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. Barbian, Karl-Josef. 1977. English-Mangyan vocabulary. Cebu City: University of San Carlos.
  3. Barham, R. Marie (1958). The phonemes of the Buhid (Mangyan) language of Eastern Mindoro, Philippines. Sydney: University of Sydney.

Sources
  • Barham, R. Marie. 1958. The phonemes of the Buhid (Mangyan) language of Eastern Mindoro, Philippines. Studies in Philippine linguistics 4-9. 4-9.
  • Pennoyer, F. Douglas. 1980. "Buhid and Tawbuid: A new subgrouping Mindoro, Philippines." In Paz B. Naylor (ed.), Austronesian studies: Papers from the Second Eastern Conference on Austronesian languages, 265-271. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies.


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