Alternate Names: Debabaon, Dibabaon, Mandaya
Genealogy:
Demographics: 10,000 (1978 SIL).
Language Use: Used as L2 by Rajah Kabunsuwan Manobo [mqk].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 23%. Literacy rate in L2: 23%. NT: 1978.
Typology: Prepositions; genitives after noun heads; articles, adjectives, numerals all before noun heads; relatives after noun heads; question word in sentence-initial position; maximum number of affixes: 3 prefixes, 1 suffix; word order distinguishes given and new information; affixes do not indicate case of noun phrase; non-obligatory verb affixes indicate number; passives; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVC, CVV, CVVC; nontonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Philippines