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Alangan language

Alangan
Native toPhilippines
RegionMimaropa
Native speakers
2,150 (2002)[1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3alj
Glottologalan1249

The Alangan language is a language spoken by Mangyans in the province of Mindoro in the Philippines.

Alangan is spoken by 2,150 people in the following municipalities of north-central Mindoro (Ethnologue).

  • Sablayan municipality, Mindoro Occidental Province
  • Naujan municipality, Mindoro Oriental Province
  • Victoria municipality, Mindoro Oriental Province

The Ayan Bekeg dialect spoken on the northeast slopes of Mount Halcon is understood by Alangan speakers throughout the area (Tweddell 1970:193).[2]

Barbian (1977)[3] lists the following locations.

References

  1. ^ Alangan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ^ Tweddell, Colin E. 1970. "The Identity and Distribution of the Mangyan Tribes of Mindoro, Philippines". Anthropological Linguistics 12 (6).
  3. ^ Barbian, Karl-Josef. 1977. English-Mangyan vocabulary. Cebu City: University of San Carlos.


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