Ilianen language
| Ilianen | |
|---|---|
| Ilianen Manobo | |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Mindanao |
Native speakers | (15,000 cited 2000)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mbi |
| Glottolog | ilia1236 |
Ilianen is a Manobo language of Mindanao in the Philippines.
Distribution and dialects
Ilianen is spoken in the following areas:[2]
- North Cotabato Province: north and central watershed of Mindanao river
- Bukidnon Province: Kandingilan, Kibawe, and Darnulong municipalities
- Maguindanao del Norte: northern tip of Northern Kambutalan municipality
- Maguindanao del Sur: northern tip of Datu Montawal municipality
Its dialects are Arakan, Livunganen, and Pulangiyan.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | β | s | h | |||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
/r/ can be heard as a flap [ɾ] or a trill [r].
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | ə | ||
| Open | a |
/ə/ can be heard as a long, back [ɯː], in syllable-final positions.[3]
References
- ^ Ilianen at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Ethnologue
- ^ Brichoux, Felicia & Robert (1963). Pattern congruity in Ilianen Manobo phonology. In Elmer Wolfenden (ed.), Papers on Philippine languages 1: Manila: Institute for Language Teaching and Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 40–49.
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