Magahat | |
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Southern Binukidnon | |
Native to | Philippines |
Region | Negros Oriental |
Ethnicity | Negrense |
Native speakers | (7,600 cited 2000) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mtw |
Glottolog | maga1264 |
Magahat, also called Southern Binukidnon or Buglas Bukidnon, is a Central Philippine language of the mountains of 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.
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 Ethnologue , Magahat is spoken in the Mount Arniyo area near Bayawan, upper Tayaban, Tanjay, Santa Catalina, and Siaton municipalities in southern Negros Oriental Province, located just west of Dumaguete.
Lobel (2013: 39, 249, 273) [2] reports that Southern Binukidnon is a Bisayan language that has some uncommon phonological features, including the preservation of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-h in coda positions.