Hanunoo language
Appearance
(Redirected fromHanunó'o)
Hanunoo | |
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Hanunó'o | |
ᜱᜨᜳᜨᜳᜢ | |
Native to | Philippines |
Region | Mimaropa |
Native speakers | 13,000 (2000)[1] |
Hanunuo | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | hnn |
Glottolog | hanu1241 |
Hanunoo,orHanunó'o(IPA:[hanunuʔɔ]), is a language spoken byMangyansin theisland of Mindoro, Philippines.
It is written in theHanunoo script.
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]Hanunoo has 16 consonant phonemes.
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p⟨p⟩ | t⟨t⟩ | k⟨k⟩ | ʔ[a] | |
voiced | b⟨b⟩ | d⟨d⟩ | ɡ⟨g⟩ | |||
Nasal | m⟨m⟩ | n⟨n⟩ | ŋ⟨ng⟩ | |||
Fricative | s⟨s⟩ | h⟨h⟩ | ||||
Trill | r⟨r⟩ | |||||
Lateral | l⟨l⟩ | |||||
Approximant | w⟨w⟩ | j⟨y⟩ |
- ^Hanunoo does not write glottal stops.
Vowels
[edit]Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i⟨i⟩ | u⟨u⟩ | |
Mid | (ə) | ||
Open | a⟨a⟩ |
- /ai/can be heard as[əɪ]within closed syllables.
- /u/can be heard as[o]within word-final syllables.
- /i/can be heard as an open-mid[ɛ]among some speakers in certain words.[3]
Diphthongs
[edit]Hanunoo also has four diphthongs:/ai̯/,/au̯/,/iu̯/,and/ui̯/.[4]
Distribution
[edit]Hanunoo is spoken in the following locations according to Barbian (1977):[5]
- Barrio Tugtugin,San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
- Naluak,Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro(on the upper Caguray River)
- Bamban,Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro(also withRatagnonand Bisayan residents)
- Barrio Panaytayan,Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro(about 5 km (3.1 mi) from the highway in the mountains southwest of Mansalay)
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Epo, Yrrah Jane S. (2014).Discourse Analysis ofSuyot:A Hanunuo-Mangyan Folk Narrative(MA thesis). Payap University.CiteSeerX10.1.1.695.4257.
Further reading
[edit]External links
[edit]- HanunuoArchived2016-10-07 at theWayback Machine,Mangyan Heritage Center. (About the people.)