| Buhid | |
|---|---|
| ᝊᝓᝑᝒ | |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Mimaropa |
Native speakers | (8,000 cited 1991)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Buhid | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bku |
| Glottolog | buhi1245 |
The Buhid language (Buhid: ᝊᝓᝑᝒ) is a language spoken by Mangyans in the island of Mindoro, Philippines. It is divided into eastern and western dialects.
It uses the Buhid script, which is encoded in the Unicode-Block Buhid (Buid) (1740–175F).
Distribution
Barbian (1977)[2] lists the following locations.
- Malfalon, Calintaan, Occidental Mindoro
- Barrio Rambida, Socorro, Oriental Mindoro
- Bato Eli, Barrio Monte Claro, San José Pandurucan (on the southern bank of the Bugsanga (Bisanga) River)
- Barrio Batangan, Panaytayan, Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro
References
- ^ Buhid at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Barbian, Karl-Josef. 1977. English-Mangyan vocabulary. Cebu City: University of San Carlos.
- Barham, R. Marie. 1958. The phonemes of the Buhid (Mangyan) language of Eastern Mindoro, Philippines. Studies in Philippine linguistics 4-9. 4-9.
- Pennoyer, F. Douglas. 1980. "Buhid and Tawbuid: A new subgrouping Mindoro, Philippines." In Paz B. Naylor (ed.), Austronesian studies: Papers from the Second Eastern Conference on Austronesian languages, 265-271. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies.
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