Alangan language
| Alangan | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philippines | 
| Region | MIMAROPA | 
Native speakers  | 2,150 (2002)[1] | 
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | 
alj | 
| Glottolog | 
alan1249[2] | 
The Alangan language is a language spoken by Mangyans in the province of Mindoro in the Philippines.
Alangan is spoken by 2,150 people in the following municipalities of north-central Mindoro (Ethnologue).
- Sablayan municipality, Mindoro Occidental Province
 - Naujan municipality, Mindoro Oriental Province
 - Victoria municipality, Mindoro Oriental Province
 
The Ayan Bekeg dialect spoken on the northeast slopes of Mount Halcon is understood by Alangan speakers throughout the area (Tweddell 1970:193).[3]
References
- ↑ Alangan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
 - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Alangan". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
 - ↑ Tweddell, Colin E. 1970. “The Identity and Distribution of the Mangyan Tribes of Mindoro, Philippines”. Anthropological Linguistics 12 (6).
 
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