Western Bukidnon Manobo is a
Manobo language
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of
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Distribution and dialects
Western Bukidnon Manobo is spoken in the following locations:
[''Ethnologue'']
*Southern
Bukidnon Province: Dangcagan, Don Carlos, Kitaotao, and especially Maramag municipalities
*
Cotabato Province: Banisilan municipality
Its dialects are Ilentungen, Kiriyenteken, and Pulangiyen.
References
Further reading
*
* – published version of Elkins's 1967 dissertation
External links
Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: Manobo, Western Bukidnon
Manobo languages
Languages of Bukidnon
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