Tadyawan language

The Tadyawan language is a language spoken by Mangyans in the southern Lake Naujan in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines.

Tadyawan
Native toPhilippines
RegionOriental Mindoro
Native speakers
4,200 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tdy
Glottologtady1237

Dialects

Tweddell (1970:195)[2] lists four dialects.

  • Nauhan
  • East Aglubang
  • West Aglubang
  • Pola

Nauhan and East Aglubang are close to each other. The West Aglubang is spoken farthest out and has strong Alangan influence.

Barbian (1977)[3] lists the following locations.

References

  1. Tadyawan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Tweddell, Colin E. 1970. “The Identity and Distribution of the Mangyan Tribes of Mindoro, Philippines”. Anthropological Linguistics 12 (6).
  3. Barbian, Karl-Josef. 1977. English-Mangyan vocabulary. Cebu City: University of San Carlos.


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