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Manobo, Sarangani

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3mbs

Population  58,000 (2000 census).
Region  Southern and eastern Davao, Mindanao.
Language map  Southern Philippines, reference number 140
Dialects  Governor Generoso Manobo.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Greater Central Philippine, Manobo, South
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 44%. Literacy rate in L2: 44%. NT: 1982.
Writing system  Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BURTON, Scott L., author. 2003. "A case study of lexical borrowing between language families in the southern Philippines."

DUBOIS, Carl D., author. 1973. "Connectives in Sarangani Manobo narratives."

DUBOIS, Carl D., author. 1976. Sarangani Manobo: An introductory guide.  Available online

DUBOIS, Carl D., author. 1990. "Death and burial customs of the Sarangani Manobo."

DUBOIS, Carl D.; GUINANG, Anselmo D.; ROQUE, Charing, compilers. 1978. Diksyonaryo te Menobò: Sarangani Manobo, Cebuano Visayan, Pilipino, Sarangani Blaan, English.  Available online

DUBOIS, Carl D.; PIKE, Kenneth L.; UPTON, John, authors. 1980. "Constraints on complexity seen via fused vectors of an n-dimensional semantic space (Sarangani Manobo, Philippines)."

MEIKLEJOHN, Kathleen; MEIKLEJOHN, Percy, authors. 1958. "Accentuation in Sarangani Manobo."

Vernacular Publications

A B K D. 1980.

Kwalta. 1973.

Megbasa kidon 1. 1966.

Megbasa kidon. 1970.

Megbasa kidon. 1970.

Menge kemoloan te mesakit. 1972.

Mèpiya keogpà. 1972.

Mepiya wayeg inemen. 1972.

Mèpiya wayeg inemen. 1972.

Pegdateng te bagyò aw menge doma indan-indan. 1980.

Se keneyonan tadon. 1982.  Available online

Si Tariri. 1973.