Ilianen language

Ilianen is a Manobo language of Mindanao in the Philippines.

Ilianen
Ilianen Manobo
Native to	Philippines
Region	Mindanao
Native speakers	(15,000 cited 2000)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Manobo Central West Ilianen
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mbi
Glottolog	ilia1236

Distribution and dialects

Ilianen is spoken in the following areas:^[2]

• North Cotabato Province: north and central watershed of Mindanao river
• Bukidnon Province: Kandingilan, Kibawe, and Darnulong municipalities
• Maguindanao del Norte: northern tip of Northern Kambutalan municipality
• Maguindanao del Sur: northern tip of Datu Montawal municipality

Its dialects are Arakan, Livunganen, and Pulangiyan.

Phonology

Consonants

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

/r/ can be heard as a flap [ɾ] or a trill [r].

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid		ə
Open		a

/ə/ can be heard as a long, back [ɯː], in syllable-final positions.^[3]