Tagabawa is a Manobo language of Davao City and Mount Apo in Mindanao, the Philippines. Tagabawa is spoken in Cotabato and Davao del Sur provinces, and on the slopes of Mount Apo west of Davao City,Ethnologue The language is spoken by the Bagobo Tagabawa people.

Phonology

Consonants LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalNasalPlosivevoicelessvoicedFricativeRhoticLateralApproximant

Sounds /p, t, k, ʔ/ are heard as unreleased [p̚, t̚, k̚, ʔ̚] when in word-final position.

Vowels FrontCentralBackCloseMidOpen

/e/ is heard as [ɛ] in close syllables.

References

External links Tagabawa-language texts at Project Gutenberg Diccionario Bagobo-Español (1892) by Mateo Gisbert – from the University of Michigan Digital Collections