Higaonon | |
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Misamis Higaonon Manobo | |
Native to | Philippines |
Region | Misamis Oriental, western portions of Agusan del Norte, northwestern portions of Agusan del Sur and northern portions of Bukidnon in Mindanao |
Native speakers | (30,000 cited 1996) [1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mba |
Glottolog | higa1237 |
Higaonon is a Manobo language spoken on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is partially (80%) intelligible with Binukid.
Higaonon is spoken in the Butuan River basin of north-central Mindanao, comprising the entire Misamis Oriental, northern parts of Bukidnon, northwestern Agusan del Sur Province and the area of Agusan del Norte Province south of Butuan. [1] According to Ethnologue , it is closely related to Binukid, with 77%–81% mutual intelligibility. [1]
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