Northern Mindoro languages

The Northern Mindoro (North Mangyan) languages are one of two small clusters of languages spoken by the Mangyan people of Mindoro Island in the Philippines.^[1]

Northern Mindoro
North Mangyan
Geographic distribution	Mindoro
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Luzon (?) Northern Mindoro
Language codes
Glottolog	nort2873

The languages are Alangan, Iraya, and Tadyawan.

There is some evidence that points at a closer relationship of the Northern Mindoro languages with the Central Luzon languages. Both branches share the phonological innovation Proto-Austronesian *R > /y/ and some common lexical items such as *ʔakit 'to see', *dimla 'cold'.^[1][2][3]

See also

• Southern Mindoro languages
• Ratagnon language