Alternate Names: Dulangan Manobo
Dialects: Blit, Tasaday.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 30,000 (2007 SIL), increasing. 5,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 30,000.
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Cebuano [ceb], Filipino [fil], Hiligaynon [hil]. Second languages acquired in school and community and used in schools, trade with non-Manobos, and government. Used as L2 by Tiruray [tiy].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 25%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–10%. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1988–2005.
Typology: VSO; prepositions; articles, adjectives, numerals all before noun heads; relatives after noun heads or without noun heads; question word in sentence-initial position; maximum number of affixes: 3 prefixes, 2 suffixes; word order distinguishes subject, object and direct objects, given and new information, topic and comment; affixes do not indicate case of noun phrase; passives; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVC; nontonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Philippines
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.