South Mindanao languages

The South Mindanao or Bilic languages are a group of related languages spoken by the Bagobo, B'laan, T'boli, and Tiruray peoples of the southern coast of Mindanao Island in the Philippines. They are not part of the Mindanao language family that covers much of the island. The languages are:

• Blaan
• Tboli
• Tiruray

South Mindanao
Bilic
Geographic distribution	southern coast of Mindanao
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine South Mindanao
Glottolog	bili1253
Areas where Bilic languages are spoken

Formerly classified as one of the South Mindanao languages, Giangan (Klata) is now considered to be a primary branch of the Philippine languages by Zorc (2019).[1]

Reconstructions

Savage (1986) reconstructs Proto-South-Mindanaon using Tboli, Koronadal Blaan, and Sarangani Blaan data. Tiruray and Giangan were not used in Savage's (1986) reconstruction.

Numerals

Numerals in South Mindanao languages[2]

Numeral	Bagobo	Tboli	Tiruray	Sarangani Blaan
1	hɔtu	sotu	səbaʔan	sɑtu
2	uwwɔ	lewu	rəwo	lwɨ
3	tɔllu	tlu	tələw	tlu
4	appat	fat	fot	fɑt
5	limɔ	limu	limo	limɨ
6	ɔnnɔm	nem	nəm	nɑm
7	pittu	hitu	fitəw	fitu
8	wɔlu	wolu	waləw	wɑlu
9	hiyɔw	syom	səyow	syəw
10	pɔlluʔ	sfoloʔ	folo	sfɑloʔ

References

1. Zorc, R. David. 2019. Klata / Giangan: A New Southern Philippine Subgroup.
2. "Western Austronesian Languages". Numeral Systems of the World's Languages. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2015-07-06.

• Savage, Dale T. 1986. A Reconstruction of Proto-Southern Mindanaon. Studies in Philippine Linguistics 6. 181-223.
• Walton, Charles. 1979. A Philippine Language Tree. Anthropological Linguistics 21: 70-98.