The Mansakan languages are a group of

Austronesian languages The Austronesian languages ( ) are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan (by Taiwanese indigenous peoples). They are spoken ...

spoken in the Philippines. Dabawenyo is the principal native language of the

Davao region Davao Region, formerly called Southern Mindanao (; ), is an Regions of the Philippines, administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region XI. Situated at the southeastern portion of Mindanao, enclosing Davao Gulf, it comprises fiv ...

; however, there is a high degree of bilingualism in Cebuano among their speakers. Most speakers have shifted to a dialect of Cebuano today.

Classification

Overview

The Mansakan languages are: *Mansakan ** Dabawenyo **Mandayan *** Mansaka *** Mandaya ** Kamayo ** Kalagan (a

dialect cluster A dialect is a variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standardized varieties as well as vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardized varieties, such as those used in developing countries or iso ...

) **

Mamanwa The Lumad are a group of Austronesian indigenous peoples in the southern Philippines. It is a Cebuano term meaning "native" or "indigenous". The term is short for Katawhang Lumad (Literally: "indigenous people"), the autonym officially ado ...

Gallman (1974)

The Mansakan subgrouping below is from Gallman (1974).Gallman, Andrew Franklin. ''A Reconstruction of Proto-Mansakan''. M.A. dissertation. Arlington, Texas: Dept. of Linguistics, University of Texas at Arlington, 1974. Individual languages are marked by ''italics'', and primary branches by ''bold italics''. *''Mansakan'' **North Mansakan ***'' Kamayo North'' ***'' Kamayo South'' **Dabaw ***'' Dabawenyo (Davaoeño)'' **Eastern Mansakan ***'' Mandayan'' **Western Mansakan ***'' Kalagan'' ***''Tagakaolo'' *''

References

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