Tagabawa
Native toPhilippines
RegionMindanao
Native speakers
(43,000 cited 1998)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bgs
Glottologtaga1272
Area where Tagabawa is spoken according to Ethnologue

Tagabawa is a Manobo language of Davao City and Mount Apo in Mindanao, the Philippines. Tagabawa is spoken in Cotabato and Davao del Sur provinces, and on the slopes of Mount Apo west of Davao City,[2] The language is spoken by the Bagobo Tagabawa people.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
Fricative s h
Rhotic ɾ
Lateral l
Approximant w j
  • Sounds /p, t, k, ʔ/ are heard as unreleased [p̚, t̚, k̚, ʔ̚] when in word-final position.

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i
Mid e ə o
Open a ɔ
  • /e/ is heard as [ɛ] in close syllables.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Tagabawa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Ethnologue
  3. ↑ Dubois, Carl D. & Lauretta J. (2006). Phonemic Statement of Tagabawa. Summer Institute of Linguistics: Philippines.


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