Northern Subanen

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Northern Subanen is a major dialect of the Subanen language spoken by Subanen communities in the northern regions of the Zamboanga Peninsula in the southern Philippines.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Northern Subanen canonical 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language variety
dialect
belongsTo Subanen dialect continuum NERFINISHED
continent Asia
country Philippines
culturalAssociation Subanen traditional culture
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroupUsers Northern Subanen communities
hasAlternativeName Northern Subanen dialect NERFINISHED
Northern Subanon NERFINISHED
hasDialect various local village varieties
hasDomain folklore
oral history
hasMorphosyntacticAlignment Philippine-type voice system
hasPhonologicalFeature Austronesian-type consonant inventory
contrastive stress
isMajorDialectOf Subanen language NERFINISHED
isSpokenInIsland Mindanao NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageStatus minority language
lexicalSimilarityWith other Subanen dialects
linguisticArea Southern Philippines NERFINISHED
partOf Subanen language NERFINISHED
primaryWordOrder verb-initial
region northern Zamboanga Peninsula NERFINISHED
relatedTo Central Subanen NERFINISHED
Eastern Subanen NERFINISHED
Western Subanen NERFINISHED
spokenBy Subanen people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Mindanao NERFINISHED
Philippines
Zamboanga Peninsula NERFINISHED
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
subgroup Greater Central Philippine languages NERFINISHED
typologicalFeature focus-based voice system
rich verbal morphology
verb-initial word order (often VSO or VOS)
usedAlongside Cebuano NERFINISHED
English NERFINISHED
Filipino NERFINISHED
usedFor daily communication in Subanen communities
usedInDomain oral tradition
rituals and ceremonies
traditional songs and chants
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Subanen hasDialect Northern Subanen
Subanen languages hasSubgroup Northern Subanen