Manobo, Dibabawon
A language of Philippines
| Population | 10,000 (1978 SIL). |
| Region | Manguagan, Davao del Norte, Mindanao. |
| Language map |
Southern Philippines, reference number 152 |
| Alternate names | Debabaon, Dibabaon, Mandaya |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Greater Central Philippine, Manobo, Central, East |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 23%. Literacy rate in L2: 23%. NT: 1978. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
BARNARD, Myra Lou, author. 1967. "Dibabawon nonverbal clauses."
BARNARD, Myra Lou; FORSTER, Jannette, authors. 1954. "Introduction to Dibabaon sentence structure."
BARNARD, Myra Lou; FORSTER, Jannette, authors. 1954. Dibabaon-Mandayan vocabulary.
BARNARD, Myra Lou; FORSTER, Jannette, authors. 1968. "A classification of Dibabawon active verbs."
BARNARD, Myra Lou; FORSTER, Jannette, compilers. 1987. Dibabawon Manobo texts.
BARNARD, Myra Lou; LONGACRE, Robert E., authors. 1968. "Lexicon versus grammar in Dibabawon procedural narrative discourse."
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FORSTER, Jannette, author. 1954. "Dibabaon texts."
FORSTER, Jannette, author. 1963. "Syllables and phonemes of Dibabawon."
FORSTER, Jannette, author. 1964. "Dual structure of Dibabawon verbal clauses."
FORSTER, Jannette, author. 1970. "Morphophonemic changes in Dibabawon."
FORSTER, Jannette, author. 1983. "Use of dialogue in Dibabawon narrative discourse."

