Buhid language

Austronesian language spoken in Philippines From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

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Buhid
ᝊᝓᝑᝒ
Native toPhilippines
RegionMimaropa
Native speakers
12,000 (2010)[1]
Buhid
Language codes
ISO 639-3bku
Glottologbuhi1245
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It uses the Buhid script, which is encoded in the Unicode-Block Buhid (Buid) (1740–175F).

Distribution

Barbian (1977)[2] lists the following locations.

Phonology

Consonants

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Vowels

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  • Sounds /k, ɡ/ can be heard as fricatives [x, ɣ] in intervocalic position.[3]

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