Ilianen language

Ilianen is a Manobo language of Mindanao in the Philippines.

Ilianen
Ilianen Manobo
Native to	Philippines
Region	Mindanao
Native speakers	15,000 (2000)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Manobo Central West Ilianen
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mbi
Glottolog	ilia1236

Distribution and dialects

Ilianen is spoken in the following areas:^[2]

• North Cotabato Province: north and central watershed of Mindanao river
• Bukidnon Province: Kandingilan, Kibawe, and Darnulong municipalities
• Maguindanao Province: northern tips of both Northern Kambutalan and Datu Montawal municipalities

Its dialects are Arakan, Livunganen, and Pulangiyan.

References

1. Ilianen at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Ethnologue