The Buhid language (Buhid: ) is a language spoken by
Mangyan
Mangyan is the generic name for the eight indigenous groups found on the island of Mindoro, southwest of the island of Luzon, the Philippines, each with its own tribal name, language, and customs. The total population may be around 280,001, ...
s in the
island of Mindoro, Philippines. It is divided into eastern and western dialects.
It uses the
Buhid script, which is encoded in the
Unicode-Block Buhid (Buid) (1740–175F).
Distribution
Barbian (1977)
[Barbian, Karl-Josef. 1977. English-Mangyan vocabulary. Cebu City: University of San Carlos.] lists the following locations.
*Malfalon,
Calintaan,
Occidental Mindoro
Occidental Mindoro ( tl, Kanlurang Mindoro), officially the Province of Occidental Mindoro, is a province in the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region. The province occupies the western half of the island of Mindoro. Its capital is Mambur ...
*Barrio Rambida,
Socorro, Oriental Mindoro
*Bato Eli, Barrio Monte Claro,
San José Pandurucan (on the southern bank of the Bugsanga (Bisanga) River)
*Barrio Batangan, Panaytayan,
Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro
References
*Barham, R. Marie. 1958. ''The phonemes of the Buhid (Mangyan) language of Eastern Mindoro, Philippines''. Studies in Philippine linguistics 4-9. 4-9.
*Pennoyer, F. Douglas. 1980. "Buhid and Tawbuid: A new subgrouping Mindoro, Philippines." In Paz B. Naylor (ed.), ''Austronesian studies: Papers from the Second Eastern Conference on Austronesian languages'', 265-271. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies.
External links
Mangyan Heritage Center
Southern Mindoro languages
Mindoro
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