Western Bukidnon Manobo
| Western Bukidnon Manobo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philippines | 
| Region | mostly in southwestern portions of Northern Mindanao region, Mindanao | 
Native speakers  | 15,000 (2008)[1] | 
Austronesian  
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mbb | 
| Glottolog | west2555 | 
| ELP | Western Bukidnon Manobo | 
Western Bukidnon Manobo is a Manobo language of Mindanao in the Philippines.
Distribution and dialects
Western Bukidnon Manobo is spoken in the following locations:[2]
- Southern Bukidnon Province: Dangcagan, Don Carlos, Kitaotao, and especially Maramag municipalities
 - Cotabato Province: Banisilan municipality
 
Its dialects are Ilentungen, Kiriyenteken, and Pulangiyen.
References
- ^ Western Bukidnon Manobo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
 - ^ Ethnologue
 
Further reading
- Elkins, Richard Ewell (1967). Major Grammatical Patterns of Western Bukidnon Manobo (Ph.D. thesis). University of Hawaii. hdl:10125/11706.
 - Elkins, Richard E. (1970). Major Grammatical Patterns of Western Bukidnon Manobo. Summer Institute of Linguistics. – published version of Elkins's 1967 dissertation
 
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