ERIC Number: ED295470
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: 145
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Studies in Philippine Linguistics Supplementary Series: Philippine Texts, No. 3. Diababawon Manobo Texts.
Forster, Jannette, Comp.; Barnard, Myra Lou, Comp.
Eleven texts in Diababawon are presented. Diababawon is a Manobo language of the Indonesian branch of the Malayo-Polynesian family and spoken primarily in the province of Davao del Norte, Mindanao, Philippines. An introductory section describes some aspects of the language's phonology. The texts, which include stories and descriptions of common sociocultural events and patterns of the group, are accompanied by translations and notes on grammar, morphology, and ethnography. A bibliography and a list of publications for sale are also included. (MSE)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Dialects, Discourse Analysis, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Research, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages), Phonology, Semantics, Short Stories, Sociocultural Patterns, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Father Robert J. Suchan, Photoduplication Services, Rizal Library, P.O. Box 154, Manila, Philippines.
Publication Type: Collected Works - General
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Language: EnglishDibabawon
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Authoring Institution: Linguistic Society of the Philippines, Manila.
Identifiers - Location: Philippines
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