Native to Philippines ISO 639-3 mba | Native speakers 30,000 (1996) Glottolog higa1237 | |
Region Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur provinces, Mindanao Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine
Mindanao
Manobo
North
Higaonon | ||
Higaonon is a Manobo language spoken on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is partially (80%) intelligible with Binukid.
Higaonon is spoken in the Butuan River basin of north-central Mindanao, comprising northwestern Agusan del Sur Province and the area of Agusan del Norte Province south of Butuan City (Ethnologue).
References
Higaonon language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA