Southern Luzon languages

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The Southern Luzon languages are a subgroup of Philippine Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the southern part of Luzon island in the Philippines, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical features distinct from other Philippine language groups.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language subgroup
language subgroup
characterizedBy shared grammatical features distinct from other Philippine groups
shared phonological innovations distinct from other Philippine groups
continent Asia
country Philippines
fieldOfStudy Austronesian linguistics
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian
surface form: Proto-Austronesian language

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language
Proto-Philippine language
hasMember Alabat Island Agta language
Bikol language
surface form: Albay Bikol languages

Bikol language
surface form: Bikol Central language

Bikol language
surface form: Bikol languages

Inagta Partido language
Inagta Rinconada language
Isnag language
surface form: Manide language

Mount Iraya Agta language
Bikol language
surface form: Northern Catanduanes Bikol language

Partido Bikol language
Remontado Dumagat language
Rinconada Bikol
surface form: Rinconada Bikol language

Sorsogon Ayta language
Bikol language
surface form: Southern Catanduanes Bikol language

Tagalog
surface form: Tagalog language

Umiray Dumaget language
includes both major regional lingua francas and minority languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian languages
surface form: Malayo-Polynesian

Philippine Archipelago
surface form: Philippine
partOf Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Philippine Austronesian languages
primaryRegion Luzon
Southern Luzon
recognizedIn Philippine linguistic classification
spokenIn Bicol Region
Calabarzon
Metro Manila
surface form: Metro Manila (migrant communities)

Mimaropa
status mostly vigorous
subclassOf Greater Central Philippine languages
surface form: Central Philippine languages

Philippine languages
typology Austronesian alignment
focus-based morphology
rich voice system
verb–initial word order
usedBy ethnic groups of Southern Luzon
writingSystem Latin script

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Austronesian languages hasSubfamily Southern Luzon languages