Batak language (Philippines)
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| Batak | |
|---|---|
| Palawan Batak | |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Palawan |
| Ethnicity | 2,040 (1990 census)[1] |
Native speakers | 200 (2000)[1] |
| Tagbanwa script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bya |
| Glottolog | bata1301 |
| ELP | Batak |
Batak is an Austronesian language spoken by the Batak people on Palawan Island in the Philippines. It is sometimes disambiguated from the Batak languages as Palawan Batak.
Batak is spoken in the communities of Babuyan, Maoyon, Tanabag, Langogan, Tagnipa, Caramay, and Buayan. Surrounding languages include Southern Tagbanwa, Central Tagbanwa, Kuyonon, and Agutaynen.[2]
Phonology
[edit]| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Fricative | s | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Rhotic | ɾ~r | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Open | a |
Pronouns
[edit]| nominative | genitive | oblique | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| enclitic | preposed | |||
| 1.sg. | aku | ku | akɨn | kanakɨn |
| 2.sg. | ikaw/ka | mu | imu | kanimu |
| 3.sg. | kanya | ya | kanya | kanya |
| 1.pl.dual | kita/ta | ta | atɨn | kanatɨn |
| 1.pl.incl. | tami | tami | atɨn | kanatɨn |
| 1.pl.excl. | kami | men | amɨn | kanamɨn |
| 2.pl. | kamu | mi | imyu | kanimyu |
| 3.pl. | sira | sira | sira | kanira |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Batak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Lobel, Jason (2013). Philippine and North Bornean Languages: Issues in Description, Subgrouping, and Reconstruction (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Hawaiʻi. p. 87.
- ^ a b Reid, Lawrence A. (1971). Philippine Minor Languages: Word Lists and Phonologies. Oceanic Linguistics Special Publications. University of Hawai'i Press. p. 4. ISBN 087022-691-6. JSTOR 20019132. LCCN 70-150659.
- ^ Morey, Virginia (1961). "Some particles and pronouns in Batak". Philippine Journal of Science. 90: 263–270.
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