The South Mindanao, or Bilic, languages are a group of related languages spoken by the Bagobo, Blaan, Tboli and Teduray peoples of the southern coast of Mindanao Island in the Philippines. They are distinct from the Mindanao language family that covers much of the rest of the island, and comprise Blaan, Klata, Tboli and Teduray.
Facts
Regionsouthern coast of Mindanao Island, Philippines 1 Proto-Language StatusReconstructed by Savage (1986) as Proto-South-Mindanaon 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: South Mindanao languages
Introduction
spoken by the Bagobo, Blaan, Tboli, and Teduray peoples of the southern coast of Mindanao Island in the Philippines
Reconstructions section
Savage (1986) reconstructs Proto-South-Mindanaon using Tboli, Koronadal Blaan, and Sarangani Blaan data but not Teduray or Giangan.
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