The Mansakan languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines. Dabawenyo is the principal native language of the Davao region; however, there is a high degree of bilingualism in Cebuano among their speakers. Most speakers have shifted to Cebuano today.
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| Geographic distribution | Davao Region, Mindanao |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| Proto-language | Proto-Mansakan |
| Glottolog | mans1261 |
The Mansakan languages are:
The Mansakan subgrouping below is from Gallman (1974).[1]
Individual languages are marked by italics, and primary branches by bold italics.
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| Batanic (Bashiic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Luzon |
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| Central Luzon |
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| Northern Mindoro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greater Central Philippine |
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| Kalamian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bilic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sangiric | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minahasan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other branches |
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| Reconstructed | Proto-Philippine † | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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