Manobo, Sarangani

MBS

developing

Dialects: Governor Generoso Manobo.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine
Greater Central Philippine
Manobo
South

Demographics: 58,000 (2000 census).

Language Use: Used as L2 by Sarangani Blaan [bps].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 44%. Literacy rate in L2: 44%. NT: 1982.

Typology: VSO; 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, 2 suffixes; word order distinguishes subject, object and direct objects, but is also determined by case marking; affixes do not indicate case of noun phrase; non-obligatory verb affixes indicate number; ergatives; passives; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVC, CCV; nontonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Philippines