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The Greater Central Philippine languages are a proposed subgroup of the Austronesian language family, defined by the change of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *R to *g. They are spoken in the central and southern parts of the Philippines, eastern and western parts of Sabah,
Malaysia and in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. This subgroup was first proposed by Robert Blust (1991) based on lexical and phonological evidence, and is accepted by most specialists in the field.
Most of the major languages of the Philippines belong to the Greater Central Philippine subgroup: Tagalog, the Visayan languages Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray; Central Bikol, the Danao languages Maranao and Magindanaon. On the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, Gorontalo is the third-largest language by number of speakers.




History


According to Blust, the current distribution of the Greater Central Philippine languages is the result of an expansion that occurred around 500 B.C. and which led to levelling of much of the linguistic diversity in the central and southern Philippines.
Remnants of this earlier diversity can still be found in relic areas within the Greater Central Philippine area, viz. Manide in southern Luzon, Ati on Panay, the North Mangyan languages on Mindoro, the Kalamian languages in northern Palawan and the South Mindanao languages.




Classification


The Greater Central Philippine subgroup comprises the following microgroups:

Central Philippine languages (including Tagalog, Bikol languages, and Bisayan languages)
South Mangyan languages
Palawanic languages
Subanen languages
Danao languages (including Maranao and Magindanao)
Manobo languages
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages (including Gorontalo and Mongondow)
Umiray Dumagat




See also


Philippine languages




References






External links


Philippine etyma file cards Archived January 11, 2020, at the Wayback Machine by R. David Zorc
R. David Zorc field notes
"Greater Central Philippine" on Ethnologue, (23rd ed., 2020).

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Rumpun bahasa Kalamian
• Rumpun bahasa Filipina Tengah Raya
• Bahasa Proto-Filipina
• Suku Gorontalo
• Rumpun bahasa Filipina Tengah
• New York (negara bagian)
• Daftar karya tentang Perusahaan Hindia Timur Belanda
• Greater Central Philippine languages
• Central Philippine languages
• Philippine languages
• Palawanic languages
• Mindanao languages
• Subanen languages
• Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
• Southern Mindoro languages
• Malayo-Polynesian languages
• Proto-Philippine language