Davaoeño (language)

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Davaoeño (Dabawenyo) language is a native Mansakan language from the Davao Region of Mindanao, influenced by Cebuano and Tagalog.[1] It is no longer spoken in Davao City, where speakers have shifted to a local dialect of Cebuano, known as Davaoeño Cebuano.

Davaoeño
Dabawenyo
Davaoeño
Native toPhilippines
RegionDavao Region, Mindanao
Native speakers150,000  (2005)e25
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3daw

Reference

  1. Zorc, R. David Paul. The Bisayan dialects of the Philippines : subgrouping and reconstruction (1977)Canberra : Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-85883-157-5.