Blaan language
E588584
Blaan is an Austronesian language spoken by the Blaan people of southern Mindanao in the Philippines, known for its rich oral tradition and complex verb morphology.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Philippine language ⓘ |
| altName |
Bilaan
ⓘ
Blaan NERFINISHED ⓘ B’laan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Blaan people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Koronadal Blaan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sarangani Blaan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
affixation
ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ complex verb morphology ⓘ rich oral tradition ⓘ verb focus system ⓘ voice alternations ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | bila1258 ⓘ |
| hasPhonologyFeature |
contrastive stops and nasals
ⓘ
vowel length distinctions (in some analyses) ⓘ |
| hasStatus | minority language in the Philippines ⓘ |
| hasTypology | verb-initial word order tendency ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| ISO639-3Code | bpr ⓘ |
| isPartOf | South Mindanao linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
|
| region |
Davao Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soccsksargen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Cebuano language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hiligaynon language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tagalog language ⓘ Tboli language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Blaan people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Mindanao
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ southern Mindanao ⓘ |
| spokenInProvince |
Davao Occidental
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Davao del Sur NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarangani NERFINISHED ⓘ South Cotabato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroup | Greater Central Philippine languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
oral literature
ⓘ
ritual speech ⓘ storytelling ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| writingSystemBasis | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.