Binukid

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A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3
bkd
Alternate Names
Binokid, Binukid Manobo, Bukidnon
Population

100,000 (1987 SIL).

Location

North Central Mindanao, Agusan del Sur, south Bukidnon and northeast Cotabato provinces.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Greater Central Philippine, Manobo, North
Dialects

Similar to Higaonon [mba].

Typology

VSO, VOS; prepositions; genitives after noun heads; articles, adjectives, numerals all before noun heads; relatives after noun heads or without noun heads; question word in sentence-initial position; maximum number of affixes: 3 prefixes, 2 suffixes; affixes do not indicate case of noun phrase; non-obligatory verb affixes indicate number; passives; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVC, CVV, CVVC; nontonal

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 63%. Literacy rate in L2: 63%. Dictionary. NT: 1986.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Binukid
Writing
Latin script.