Mandaya language

Mandaya
	Caraga
Native to	Philippines
Region	some parts of Davao Oriental, Mindanao
Native speakers	250,000 (2010)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Philippine Mansakan Mandayan Mandaya; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mry
Glottolog	kara1489[2]

Mandaya is an Austronesian language of Mindanao in the Philippines. It may be intelligible with Mansaka.

Geographical distribution

Ethnologue reports that Mandaya is spoken in Manay, Caraga, Baganga, and Cateel municipalities of Davao Oriental Province, as well as in Davao del Norte Province.

Varieties

Ethnologue lists the following varieties of Mandaya.

Carraga Mandaya
Cateelenyo
Manay Mandayan
Mandaya
Cataelano
Karaga
Sangab
Mangaragan Mandaya

Pallesen (1985)[3] lists the following varieties of Mandaya.

Kabasagan
Caragan
Boso: spoken just inland from Mati, Davao Oriental
Maragusan
Mandaya Islam (or Kalagan Piso): spoken on the east coast of Davao Gulf directly east of Davao City, in Davao del Norte.

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References

Mandaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mandaya". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Pallesen, A. Kemp. 1985. Culture contact and language convergence. Philippine journal of linguistics: special monograph issue, 24. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines.

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[e18-1] Mandaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mandaya". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[3] Pallesen, A. Kemp. 1985. Culture contact and language convergence. Philippine journal of linguistics: special monograph issue, 24. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines.