Hanunoo language

Hanunoo, or Hanunó'o (), is a language spoken by Mangyans in the island of Mindoro, Philippines.

It is written in the Hanunoo script.

Phonology

Consonants

Hanunoo has 16 consonant phonemes.

ConsonantsTemplate:Sfn

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	Template:IPA link Template:Angbr	Template:IPA link Template:Angbr		Template:IPA link Template:Angbr	Template:IPA linkTemplate:Efn
	voiced	Template:IPA link Template:Angbr	Template:IPA link Template:Angbr		Template:IPA link Template:Angbr
Nasal		Template:IPA link Template:Angbr	Template:IPA link Template:Angbr		Template:IPA link Template:Angbr
Fricative			Template:IPA link Template:Angbr			Template:IPA link Template:Angbr
Trill			Template:IPA link Template:Angbr
Lateral			Template:IPA link Template:Angbr
Approximant		Template:IPA link Template:Angbr		Template:IPA link Template:Angbr

Vowels

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	Front	Central	Back
Close	Template:IPA link Template:Angbr		Template:IPA link Template:Angbr
Mid		(Template:IPA link)
Open		Template:IPA link Template:Angbr

• can be heard as within closed syllables.
• can be heard as within word-final syllables.
• can be heard as an open-mid among some speakers in certain words.Template:Sfn

Diphthongs

Hanunoo also has four diphthongs: Template:IPAslink, Template:IPAslink, Template:IPAslink, and Template:IPAslink.Template:Sfn

Distribution

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

• Barrio Tugtugin, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
• Naluak, Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro (on the upper Caguray River)
• Bamban, Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro (also with Ratagnon and Bisayan residents)
• Barrio Panaytayan, Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro (about from the highway in the mountains southwest of Mansalay)

Bibliography

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External links

• Hanunuo Template:Webarchive, Mangyan Heritage Center. (About the people.)

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