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Cotabato Manobo language

 
Wikipedia: Cotabato Manobo language
Cotabato Manobo
Spoken in Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao, the Philippines
Total speakers ~30,000
Language family Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-1 None
ISO 639-2 mno
ISO 639-3 mta

Cotabato Manobo is a Manobo language spoken in Mindanao, the Philippines.

Contents

Phonology

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid ɛ ə ɔ
Open-mid a
Open
  • /i u/ are realized as [ɪ ʊ] in closed syllables.
  • /ɛ/ is realized as [e] when it is preceded by /k/ and in an open syllable.
  • /a/ is realized as [ɜ] when it is followed by /h/ or /ʔ/.
  • /ɔ/ is realized as [ɒ] when it is followed by /h/, /ʔ/, or /ɡ/, or when word-initial and followed by /k/. For some speakers it may also be realized as [ɒ] before or after /k/ when not word-initial.

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Rounded
velar
Glottal
Stop Voiceless t k ʔ
Voiced b d ɡ
Fricative ɸ s h
Nasal m n ŋ
Lateral l
Semivowel j w

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