Magahat language
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Central Philippine language
| Magahat | |
|---|---|
| Southern Binukidnon | |
| Native to | Negrense |
Native speakers | 7,600 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mtw |
| Glottolog | maga1264 |
Magahat, also called Southern Binukidnon or Negros in the Philippines that has been strongly influenced by Cebuano and Hiligaynon. It is similar to Karolanos; Lobel (2013)[2] suggests that it is a Bisayan language.
Demographics
Oracion (1974)[3] reported a Magahat population of just under 400 people in Basay, Negros Oriental. Dantes (2015)[4] reported a Magahat population of 2,478 individuals.
According to the Negros Oriental Province, located just west of Dumaguete.
Sound changes
Lobel (2013: 39, 249, 273)Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-h in coda positions.
References
- ^ Magahat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Lobel, Jason William. 2013. Philippine and North Bornean languages: issues in description, subgrouping, and reconstruction. Ph.D. dissertation. Manoa: University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
- JSTOR 29791118.
- ^ Dantes, Edmundo. 2015. Anthropology Development in Negros Oriental.
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