Alangan language

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Alangan
Native to Philippines
Region Mimaropa
Native speakers
2,150 (2002) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 alj
Glottolog alan1249

The Alangan language is a language spoken by Mangyans in the province of Mindoro in the Philippines.

Alangan is spoken by 2,150 people in the following municipalities of north-central Mindoro (Ethnologue).

The Ayan Bekeg dialect spoken on the northeast slopes of Mount Halcon is understood by Alangan speakers throughout the area (Tweddell 1970:193). [2]

Barbian (1977) [3] lists the following locations.

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References

  1. Alangan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Tweddell, Colin E. 1970. "The Identity and Distribution of the Mangyan Tribes of Mindoro, Philippines". Anthropological Linguistics 12 (6).
  3. Barbian, Karl-Josef. 1977. English-Mangyan vocabulary. Cebu City: University of San Carlos.