Obo is a Manobo language spoken around Mount Apo on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | v | s | h | |||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | ɔ | |
| Open | ɐ |
References
- ↑ Obo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Brainard, Sherri; Vander Molen, Ena (2005). Word order inverse in Obo Manobo. In Hsiu-chuan Liao and Carl R. Galvez Rubino (eds.), Current issues in Philippine linguistics and anthropology: Parangal kay Lawrence A. Reid: Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines and SIL Philippines. pp. 364–418.
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