Buhid language

The Buhid language (Buhid: ᝊᝓᝑᝒ) is a language spoken by Mangyans in the island of Mindoro, Philippines. It is divided into eastern and western dialects.

Buhid
ᝊᝓᝑᝒ
Native to	Philippines
Region	Mimaropa
Native speakers	12,000 (2010)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine South Mangyan Buhid
Writing system	Buhid
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bku
Glottolog	buhi1245

It uses the Buhid script, which is encoded in the Unicode-Block Buhid (Buid) (1740–175F).

Distribution

Barbian (1977) lists the following locations.

• Malfalon, Calintaan, Occidental Mindoro
• Barrio Rambida, Socorro, Oriental Mindoro
• Bato Eli, Barrio Monte Claro, San José Pandurucan (on the southern bank of the Bugsanga (Bisanga) River)
• Barrio Batangan, Panaytayan, Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ
	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Fricative		f	s			h
Tap			ɾ
Lateral			l
Approximant		w		j

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	ɛ	ʌ	o
Open		a

• Sounds /k, ɡ/ can be heard as fricatives [x, ɣ] in intervocalic position.

Sources

• Barham, R. Marie (1958). "The phonemes of the Buhid (Mangyan) language of Eastern Mindoro, Philippines". Studies in Philippine linguistics. Oceania Linguistic Monographs. Vol. 3. University of Sydney. pp. 4–9.
• Pennoyer, F. Douglas (1979). "Buhid and Tawbuid: A new subgrouping Mindoro, Philippines". In Naylor, Paz Buenaventura (ed.). Austronesian studies: Papers from the Second Eastern Conference on Austronesian languages. Michigan Papers on South and Southeast Asia. Vol. 15. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan. pp. 265–271.

External links

• Mangyan Heritage Center