South Mindanao languages

The South Mindanao or Bilic languages are a group of related languages spoken by the Bagobo, B'laan, T'boli, and Tiruray peoples of the southern coast of Mindanao Island in the Philippines. They are not part of the Mindanao language family that covers much of the island. The languages are:

South Mindanao
Bilic
Geographic
distribution
southern coast of Mindanao
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Glottologbili1253[1]
Areas where Bilic languages are spoken

Formerly classified as one of the South Mindanao languages, Giangan (Klata) is now considered to be a primary branch of the Philippine languages by Zorc (2019).[2]

Reconstructions

Savage (1986) reconstructs Proto-South-Mindanaon using Tboli, Koronadal Blaan, and Sarangani Blaan data. Tiruray and Giangan were not used in Savage's (1986) reconstruction.

Numerals

Numerals in South Mindanao languages[3]
NumeralBagoboTboliTiruraySarangani
Blaan
1hɔtusotusəbaʔansɑtu
2uwwɔlewurəwolwɨ
3tɔllutlutələwtlu
4appatfatfotfɑt
5limɔlimulimolimɨ
6ɔnnɔmnemnəmnɑm
7pittuhitufitəwfitu
8wɔluwoluwaləwwɑlu
9hiyɔwsyomsəyowsyəw
10pɔlluʔsfoloʔfolosfɑloʔ
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References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bilic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. Zorc, R. David. 2019. Klata / Giangan: A New Southern Philippine Subgroup.
  3. "Western Austronesian Languages". Numeral Systems of the World's Languages. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  • Savage, Dale T. 1986. A Reconstruction of Proto-Southern Mindanaon. Studies in Philippine Linguistics 6. 181-223.
  • Walton, Charles. 1979. A Philippine Language Tree. Anthropological Linguistics 21: 70-98.


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