Blaan language

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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.

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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

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Sarangani hasLanguage Blaan language