Baybay language

Baybay
Utudnon
Baybayanon
Native to Philippines
Region Leyte
Native speakers
 10,000 (2009)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bvy
Glottolog bayb1234[2]

The Baybay language, also known as Baybayanon, Utudnon or Leyte, is a distinct language that was spoken on the island of Leyte in the Philippines before the arrival of Waray and Cebuano. It is still spoken around the town of Baybay.

Classification

Baybayanon was originally a Warayan language that has been relexified and overlaid by a Cebuano (Leyteño) superstratum (Rubino 2005). The Warayan substratum is characterized by Baybayanon's more Waray-like deictics, and various other features.[3]

Locations

Utudnon is spoken by about 10,000 people[4] in 5 barangays of central Leyte, namely Utúd (also called Utod or Guadalupe), Gábas, Kilím, Pátag, and Pangasúgan.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Baybay at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Baybayanon". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. 1 2 Carl Rubino. 2005. "Utudnon, an Undescribed Language of Leyte". In Hsiu-chuan Liao and Carl R. Galvez Rubino (eds.), Current Issues in Philippine Linguistics and Anthropology: Parangal kay Lawrence A. Reid, 306-336. Manila, Philippines: Linguistic Society of the Philippines and SIL Philippines.
  4. ↑ http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2009-083_bvy.pdf

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