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Buhid language

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Native to
  
Philippines

Native speakers
  
(8,000 cited 1991)

ISO 639-3
  
bku

Region
  
MIMAROPA

Writing system
  
Buhid

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine South Mangyan Buhid

The Buhid language (Buhid: ᝊᝓᝑᝒᝇ) is a language spoken by Mangyans in the province 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) 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 language Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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