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Hanunó'o language

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Native to
  
Philippines

Native speakers
  
13,000 (2000)

ISO 639-3
  
hnn

Region
  
MIMAROPA

Writing system
  
Hanunó'o

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine South Mangyan Hanunó'o

The Hanunó'o language is a language spoken by Mangyans in the province of Mindoro, Philippines.

It is written in the Hanunó'o script.

Distribution

Barbian (1977) lists the following locations.

  • Barrio Tugtugin, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
  • Naluak, Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro (on the upper Caguray River)
  • Bamban, Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro (also with Ratagnon and Bisayan residents)
  • Barrio Panaytayan, Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro (about 5 km from the highway in the mountains southwest of Mansalay)

    • References

    Hanunó'o language Wikipedia
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