The Philippine Journal of Science. 



D. General Biology, Ethnology and Anthropology. 



Vol. VII, No. 3, June, 1912. 



NOTES ON THE MANGYAN LANGUAGE. 



By E. E. Schneider. 

 (From the Bureau of Forestry, Manila, P. I.) 



The following vocabularies were collected by Doctor Miller 

 in three different regions of Mindoro: Bulalakao, Abra de Hog, 

 and Nauhan.* The Mangyans of Bulalakao live among the foot- 

 hills some distance inland from the town ; those of Abra de Hog 

 scattered about the basin of the Hog or Tuai River ; and those of 

 Nauhan on the shores of Lake Nauhan, some 15 to 25 kilometers 

 from the town of the same name. Doctor Miller's interpreter 

 was a Tagalog, a native of Bulalakao, who possessed a good work- 

 ing knowledge of English. With the exception of a few errors, 

 which are commented on in the notes, I believe this list may be 

 relied on as representing correctly the speech of those Mangyans 

 among whom they were collected. 



However, it should be noted that there is perhaps an unduly 

 strong element of Tagalog of recent introduction in the Abra de 

 Hog collection. This is seen most strongly in the numerals, 

 which are practically pure Tagalog throughout, even to the 

 compound words, which latter in the Bulalakao dialect are formed 

 on a system somewhat different from Tagalog, Bikol, and Bisaya. 

 Other instances of Abra de Hog forms identical with Tagalog, 

 or practically so, while the other two dialects are different, 

 will be found under abdomen, cotton, foot, left, mountain ( ?) , and, 

 in addition to these native words, the corrupt Tag.-Span. baraso 

 (Span, brazo, arm) . It would be strange if one of the Mangyan 

 dialects had exactly the same numerals as Tagalog, but they are 

 the very words that are first picked up in commercial intercourse. 

 Doctor Miller informs me that the Mangyans of Abra de Hog 

 have probably come more into contact with the Tagalogs than 

 those of any other region. 



For convenience of reference, the English words have been 

 arranged in alphabetical order, except the numerals and the 

 names of the individual fingers, the former being given in order 

 at the end of the list and the latter being made to follow the 



* This number, p. 135. 



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