Ilianen language

Updated on Dec 18, 2023

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Native to Philippines Native speakers 15,000 (2000) Glottolog ilia1236		Region Mindanao ISO 639-3 mbi
Language family Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Mindanao Manobo Central West Ilianen

Ilianen is a Manobo language of Mindanao in the Philippines. Dialects are Arakan, Livunganen, and Pulangiyan.

Distribution

Ilianen is spoken in the following areas (Ethnologue).

North Cotabato Province: north and central watershed of Mindanao river

Bukidnon Province: Kandingilan, Kibawe, and Darnulong municipalities

Maguindanao Province: northern tips of both Northern Kambutalan and Datu Montawal municipalities

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