Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines
Tagabawa is a Manobo language of Davao City and Mount Apo in Mindanao, the Philippines. Tagabawa is spoken in Cotabato and Davao del Sur provinces, and on the slopes of Mount Apo west of Davao City,[2] The language is spoken by the Bagobo Tagabawa people.
Phonology
Consonants
- Sounds /p, t, k, ʔ/ are heard as unreleased [p̚, t̚, k̚, ʔ̚] when in word-final position.
Vowels
- /e/ is heard as [ɛ] in close syllables.[3]
References
- ^ Tagabawa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Ethnologue
- ^ Dubois, Carl D. & Lauretta J. (2006). Phonemic Statement of Tagabawa. Summer Institute of Linguistics: Philippines.
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