Obo language

Obo
Obo Manobo
Native toPhilippines
Regioneastern portions of Cotabato province, Mindanao
Native speakers
60,000 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3obo
Glottologobom1235

Obo is a Manobo language spoken around Mount Apo on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.

Phonology

Consonants

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

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e ɔ
Open ɐ

[2]

References

  1. ^ Obo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Brainard, Sherri; Vander Molen, Ena (2005). Word order inverse in Obo Manobo. In Hsiu-chuan Liao and Carl R. Galvez Rubino (eds.), Current issues in Philippine linguistics and anthropology: Parangal kay Lawrence A. Reid: Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines and SIL Philippines. pp. 364–418.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)


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