Mandaya language

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

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

Geographical distribution[edit]

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.

Ethnologue lists the following varieties of Mandaya.

Pallesen (1985)^[2] 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.

^ Mandaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ 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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