Northern Subanen

E548953

Northern Subanen is a major dialect of the Subanen language spoken by Subanen communities in the northern regions of the Zamboanga Peninsula in the southern Philippines.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Northern Subanen canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language variety ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
belongsTo Subanen dialect continuum ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
culturalAssociation Subanen traditional culture ⓘ
endangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicGroupUsers Northern Subanen communities ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Northern Subanen dialect ⓘ
Northern Subanon ⓘ
hasDialect various local village varieties ⓘ
hasDomain folklore ⓘ
oral history ⓘ
hasMorphosyntacticAlignment Philippine-type voice system ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature Austronesian-type consonant inventory ⓘ
contrastive stress ⓘ
isMajorDialectOf Subanen language ⓘ
linked to: Subanon language
isSpokenInIsland Mindanao ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageStatus minority language ⓘ
lexicalSimilarityWith other Subanen dialects ⓘ
linguisticArea Southern Philippines ⓘ
partOf Subanen language ⓘ
linked to: Subanon language
primaryWordOrder verb-initial ⓘ
region northern Zamboanga Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Zamboanga Peninsula
relatedTo Central Subanen ⓘ
linked to: Subanon

Eastern Subanen ⓘ
Western Subanen ⓘ
spokenBy Subanen people ⓘ
spokenIn Mindanao ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Zamboanga Peninsula ⓘ
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
subgroup Greater Central Philippine languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature focus-based voice system ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
verb-initial word order (often VSO or VOS) ⓘ
usedAlongside Cebuano ⓘ
linked to: Cebuano language

English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
usedFor daily communication in Subanen communities ⓘ
usedInDomain oral tradition ⓘ
rituals and ceremonies ⓘ
traditional songs and chants ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Subanen → hasDialect → Northern Subanen ⓘ
Subanen languages → hasSubgroup → Northern Subanen ⓘ
Eastern Subanen → relatedTo → Northern Subanen ⓘ