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Blaan, Koronadal

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3: bpr

Population	150,000 (2007 SIL). 40,000 monolinguals.
Region	Mindanao, South Cotabato and Sarangani provinces.
Language map	Southern Philippines, reference number 136
Alternate names	Baraan, Bilanes, Biraan, Koronadal Bilaan, Tagalagad
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Bilic, Blaan
Language use	All ages. Also use some Tboli [tbl], Kalagan [kqe], or Cebuano [ceb].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 35%. Literacy rate in L2: 35%. Ongoing non-formal literacy teaching (2007 SIL). NT: 1995.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ABRAMS, Norman, author. 1961. "Word base classes in Bilaan."

ABRAMS, Norman, author. 1963. "Historical development of Bilaan vowels and some consonant reflexes in Bilaan and related dialects."

ABRAMS, Norman, author. 1970. "Bilaan morphology."

DEAN, James C., author. 1958. "Some principal grammatical relations of Bilaan."

HEALEY, Alan, editor. 1958. Studies in Philippine linguistics by members of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (Pacific branch).

PIKE, Kenneth L., author. 1963. "A syntactic paradigm."

ROWELL, Kathy, author. 1989. "The 1988 solar eclipse at Mligu, Koronadal."

SHEKLETON, Sally, author. 1989. "The beginning of the world and the sun."

Vernacular Publications

Atngánin / Atmadol / Gatlu / Agfat / Aglima liblu abnasa̱. 1955.

Blaan, Bsayà, Pilipino, na Inglis di satu liblu. 1981.  

Dad anuk mayeng. 1979.  

Dad Blaan tulen. 1965.  

Gisʌk. 1955.  

Kibò kbulung dad fdas. 1969.  

Kifat i lawehto. 1992.

Liblu ftuk. 1979.  

Mintung. 1992.

Philippine reader 1-2. 1965.  

Tnanin liblu. 1965.