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Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines

Hanunoo
Hanunó'o
ᜱᜨᜳᜨᜳᜢ
Native to	Philippines
Region	Mimaropa
Native speakers	(13,000 cited 2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine South Mangyan Hanunoo
Writing system	Hanunuo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`hnn`
Glottolog	`hanu1241`

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Hanunoo, or Hanunó'o (IPA: [hanunuʔɔ]), is a language spoken by Mangyans in the island of Mindoro, Philippines.

It is written in the Hanunoo script.

Phonology

Hanunoo has 16 consonant phonemes.

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

Hanunoo also has four diphthongs: /ai̯/, /au̯/, /iu̯/, and /ui̯/.

Hanunoo is spoken in the following locations according to Barbian (1977):

Barrio Tugtugin, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
Naluak, Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro (on the upper Caguray River)
Bamban, Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro (also with Ratagnon and Bisayan residents)
Barrio Panaytayan, Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro (about 5 km (3.1 mi) from the highway in the mountains southwest of Mansalay)

Hanunoo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Epo 2014, pp. 5, 9.
Epo 2014, pp. 6–7.
Epo 2014, p. 7.
Barbian, Karl-Josef (1977). English-Mangyan Vocabulary. Cebu City: University of San Carlos.

Hanunuo Archived 2016-10-07 at the Wayback Machine, Mangyan Heritage Center. (About the people.)

Hatang Kayi (Remontado) Kapampangan
Sambalic	Abellen Ambala Bolinao Botolan Mag-antsi Mag-indi Mariveleño Sambal

Bikol	Albay Bikol Central Bikol Isarog Agta Mount Iraya Agta Mount Iriga Agta Pandan Bikol Rinconada
Bisayan	Aklanon Asi Bantayanon Baybay Butuanon Caluyanon Capiznon Cebuano Boholano Old Cebuano † Cuyonon Hiligaynon Kabalian Karay-a Karolanos Magahat Masbateño Northern Sorsogon Onhan Porohanon Ratagnon Romblomanon Southern Sorsogon Sulod Surigaonon Tausug Waray
Mansakan	Davawenyo Kalagan Kamayo Mamanwa Mandaya Mansaka
Tagalogic	Kasiguranin Tagalog Old Tagalog † Batangueño Filipino
(unclassified)	Ata †

Northern Alta Southern Alta
Central Cordilleran	Balangao Bontoc Ifugao Isinai Itneg Kalinga Kankanaey Tuwali
Southern Cordilleran	Bugkalot Ibaloi Iwaak Kalanguya Karao Pangasinan