Northern Mindoro languages
Subgroup of the Austronesian language family
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The Northern Mindoro (North Mangyan) languages are one of two small clusters of languages spoken by the Mangyan people of Mindoro Island in the Philippines.[1]
Geographic
distributionMindoro
distributionMindoro
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Philippine
- Central Luzon (?)
- Northern Mindoro
- Central Luzon (?)
- Philippine
| Northern Mindoro | |
|---|---|
| North Mangyan | |
| Geographic distribution | Mindoro |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
|
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | nort2873 |
The languages are Alangan, Iraya, and Tadyawan.
There is some evidence that points at a closer relationship of the Northern Mindoro languages with the Central Luzon languages. Both branches share the phonological innovation Proto-Austronesian *R > /y/ and some common lexical items such as *ʔakit 'to see', *dimla 'cold'.[1][2][3]
