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Hanunoo language

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Hanunoo
Hanunó'o
ᜱᜨᜳᜨᜳᜢ
Native toPhilippines
RegionMimaropa
Native speakers
13,000 (2000)[1]
Hanunuo
Language codes
ISO 639-3hnn
Glottologhanu1241

Hanunoo,orHanunó'o(IPA:[hanunuʔɔ]), is a language spoken byMangyansin theisland of Mindoro, Philippines.

It is written in theHanunoo script.

Phonology

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Consonants

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Hanunoo has 16 consonant phonemes.

Consonants[2]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
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⟩
  1. ^Hanunoo does not write glottal stops.

Vowels

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Vowels[2]
Front Central Back
Close i⟨i⟩ u⟨u⟩
Mid (ə)
Open a⟨a⟩
  • /ai/can be heard asɪ]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

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Hanunoo also has four diphthongs:/ai̯/,/au̯/,/iu̯/,and/ui̯/.[4]

Distribution

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Hanunoo is spoken in the following locations according to Barbian (1977):[5]

References

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  1. ^HanunooatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
  2. ^abEpo 2014,pp. 5, 9.
  3. ^Epo 2014,pp. 6–7.
  4. ^Epo 2014,p. 7.
  5. ^Barbian, Karl-Josef (1977).English-Mangyan Vocabulary.Cebu City: University of San Carlos.

Bibliography

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Further reading

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  • Conklin, Harold (1949).A Brief Description of Hanunoo Morphology and Syntax.Berkeley: University of California Press.
  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953).Hanunóo-English Vocabulary.University of California Publications in Linguistics. Vol. 9. Berkeley: University of California Press.OCLC3912044.
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