Klata (also known as Clata, Giangan, Bagobo, Jangan) is an
Austronesian language of the southern Philippines. It is spoken on the eastern slopes of
Mount Apo
Mount Apo, also known locally as Apo Sandawa, is a large solfataric, dormant stratovolcano on the island of Mindanao, Philippines. With an elevation of above sea level, it is the highest-mountain in the Philippine Archipelago, Mindanao and 24 ...
in
Davao del Sur Province, as well as in
Davao City
Davao City, officially the City of Davao ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Dabaw; ), is a first class highly urbanized city in the Davao Region, Philippines. The city has a total land area of , making it the largest city in the Philippines in terms of land ...
(''Ethnologue'') in an area stretching from Catalunan to Calinan.
The nearby
Tagabawa language is also known as ''Bagobo'', and is not to be confused with Giangan.
Classification
Klata is usually classified as one of the
South Mindanao languages
The South Mindanao or Bilic languages are a group of related languages spoken by the Bagobo, B'laan, T'boli, and Tiruray peoples of the southern coast of Mindanao Island in the Philippines. They are not part of the Mindanao language family th ...
. Zorc (2019) proposes that it is not included among the South Mindanao languages, but only more distantly related to them within a wider subgroup of the
Philippine languages
The Philippine languages or Philippinic are a proposed group by R. David Paul Zorc (1986) and Robert Blust (1991; 2005; 2019) that include all the languages of the Philippines and northern Sulawesi, Indonesia—except Sama–Bajaw (language ...
which he calls "Southern Philippine".
Distribution
Traditional Klata (Giangan) population centers included the following barangays (''see also
Districts of Davao City'').
*Biao, Tugbok District, Davao City
*Tagakpan, Tugbok District, Davao City
*Dulian
*Sirib, Calinan District, Davao City
*Gumalang, Baguio District, Davao City
*Tamugan, Marilog District, Davao City
It is also spoken in Biao Joaquin, Calinan District and in various parts of Baguio District.
The Lipadas River separated the traditional Tagabawa and Clata territories, while the Talomo River (Ikawayanlinan) was the boundary separating the Tagabawas, Clatas, and Obos. The
Davao River
The Davao River is the third largest river by drainage basin on the southern Philippines in the island of Mindanao. It drains an area of over with a total length of . Most of the area is uplands. Average flows within the river near to the mout ...
separated the traditional Bagobo and Clata territories.
Phonology
Klata has a five-vowel system consisting of the vowels . It also has consonantal geminates. Consonantal phonemes are .
References
Further reading
*Zorc, R. David. 1972.
Giangan field notes'.
External links
Klata recordingsGuiangan (Baguio) word list
(Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database)
Guiangan (Sirib) word list
(Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database)
{{Austronesian languages
Languages of Davao del Sur
Languages of Davao Occidental
Philippine languages