Tawbuid language
| Tawbuid | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Mindoro |
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Native speakers
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14,000 (2000) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either: |
| Glottolog | bata1318 |
The Tawbuid language is a language spoken by Tau-build Mangyans in the province of Mindoro in the Philippines. It is divided into eastern and western dialects. The Bangon Mangyans also speak the western dialect of Tawbuid. They are known for smoking pipes, starting as a child.
The Tau-build (or Tawbuid) Mangyans live in central Mindoro.
In Oriental Mindoro, Eastern Tawbuid (also known as Bangon) is spoken by 1,130 people in the municipalities of Socorro, Pinamalayan, and Gloria (Ethnologue).
In Occidental Mindoro, Western Tawbuid (also known as Batangan) is spoken by 6,810 people in the municipalities of Sablayan and Calintaan (Ethnologue).
Comparison with related languages show a gradual loss of /k/ > /h/ > /Ø/. e.g.
Tagalog: ako, > Buhid: aho > Tawbuid: au ‘I’
kami > hami > ami ‘we’
There is a residual /k/ in the 1st person singular, in the affix /ak-/, usually shortened in speech to /k-/. E.g. kadasug kban (or akban) ‘I will arrive.’
It will be noticed that there are no glottal phonemes, either /h/ or /ʔ/.
The glottal stop /ʔ/ is absent as a phoneme in Tawbuid, though may be the realization of boundary between adjacent identical vowels. Normally though, in connected speech, two adjacent vowels are either merged to form a lengthened vowel or differentiated by stress. e.g.
fakafanyuun ‘love’ may be pronounced /fakafanyu'ʔun/ or /fakafan'yu:n/
fagfanyaan ‘waiting place’ /fakfanya'ʔan/ or /fakfan'ya:n/
naali ‘dug’ /na'ali/ or /na'ʔali/
Notice that in the above, the stress precedes the glottal, whereas without a glottal, the stress is in the normal position for that particular stress pattern.
Vowels following /i/ and /u/ offer different interpretations, as to whether a linking /y/ or /w/ is present.
siu or siyu ‘elbow’
tua or tuwa grammatical marker
There is a remarkable absence of assimilation at the point of articulation of nasals with following sounds. e.g.
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