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Iraya language

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Native to
  
Philippines

Native speakers
  
(10,000 cited 1991)

Glottolog
  
iray1237

Region
  
MIMAROPA

ISO 639-3
  
iry

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Mindoro Iraya

The Iraya language is a language spoken by Mangyans in the province of Mindoro in the Philippines.

Locations

Ethnologue reports that Iraya is spoken in the following municipalities of northern Mindoro island.

  • Mindoro Occidental Province: Paluan, Abra de Ilog, northern Mamburao, and Santa Cruz municipalities
  • Mindoro Oriental Province: Puerto Galera and San Teodoro municipalities

    • Barbian (1977) also lists the location of Calamintao, on the northeastern boundary of Santa Cruz municipality (7 km up the Pagbahan River from the provincial highway).

    References

    Iraya language Wikipedia
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