Buhid language

The Buhid language (Buhid: ᝊᝓᝑᝒ) is a language spoken by Mangyans in the island of Mindoro, Philippines. It is divided into eastern and western dialects.

Buhid
ᝊᝓᝑᝒ
Native to	Philippines
Region	Mimaropa
Native speakers	12,000 (2010)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine South Mangyan Buhid
Writing system	Buhid
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bku
Glottolog	buhi1245

It uses the Buhid script, which is encoded in the Unicode-Block Buhid (Buid) (1740–175F).

Distribution

Barbian (1977)^[2] lists the following locations.

• Malfalon, Calintaan, Occidental Mindoro
• Barrio Rambida, Socorro, Oriental Mindoro
• Bato Eli, Barrio Monte Claro, San José Pandurucan (on the southern bank of the Bugsanga (Bisanga) River)
• Barrio Batangan, Panaytayan, Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ
	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Fricative		f	s			h
Tap			ɾ
Lateral			l
Approximant		w		j

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	ɛ	ʌ	o
Open		a

• Sounds /k, ɡ/ can be heard as fricatives [x, ɣ] in intervocalic position.^[3]