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 | |
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| North Mangyan | |
| Geographic distribution | Mindoro |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| 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]
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| Northern Luzon |
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| Central Luzon |
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| Reconstructed | Proto-Philippine † | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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