Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines
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
Consonants
Hanunoo has 16 consonant phonemes.
- ^ Hanunoo does not write glottal stops.
Vowels
- /a i/ can be heard as [ə ɪ] within closed syllables.
- /u/ can be heard as [o] within word-final syllables.
- /i/ can be heard as an open-mid [ɛ] among some speakers in certain words.
Diphthongs
Hanunoo also has four diphthongs: /ai̯/, /au̯/, /iu̯/, and /ui̯/.
Distribution
Hanunoo is spoken in the following locations according to Barbian (1977):[5]