Mansaka

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Mansaka is an Austronesian language spoken by the indigenous Mansaka people of southeastern Mindanao in the Philippines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Philippine language
belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup Lumad of Mindanao NERFINISHED
country Philippines
countryOfficialLanguage not an official language of the Philippines
ethnicGroup Mansaka people NERFINISHED
hasAlternateName Mandaya-Mansaka (in some classifications)
Mansaka language
hasClauseStructure focus/voice-based predicate marking
hasDomain daily communication among Mansaka people
oral tradition
ritual and cultural practices
hasISO639-3Code msk
hasLanguageShiftPressureFrom Cebuano NERFINISHED
English NERFINISHED
Filipino NERFINISHED
hasMorphology Austronesian alignment system (Philippine-type voice system)
hasPhonologyFeature rich consonant inventory typical of Philippine languages
simple vowel system (typically five vowels)
hasResourceType documented in linguistic surveys of Philippine languages
limited written documentation
hasStatus minority language in the Philippines
hasTypology verb–initial basic word order (VSO/VOS, like many Philippine languages)
isEndangered true
isIndigenousTo Mindanao NERFINISHED
southeastern Mindanao
isPartOf Greater Central Philippine languages (in some classifications)
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguages Cebuano NERFINISHED
Kalagan NERFINISHED
Mandaya NERFINISHED
Tagakaulo NERFINISHED
region Davao Region NERFINISHED
spokenBy Mansaka people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Mindanao NERFINISHED
Philippines
southeastern Mindanao
usedBy indigenous communities in southeastern Mindanao
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Region 11 hasLanguage Mansaka
Davao de Oro localLanguages Mansaka