Northern Mindoro languages

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

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.

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'.

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