• Julius M. Nuñez

  Author

This study analyzes the status of Manobo language in Katipunan, Bayugan City,
Agusan del Sur, Philippines. Specifically, it focuses on their case history, and linguistic
extinction threats and their causes.
Research method is qualitative descriptive observation. Key informants in the first phase
are Manobo elders; children and non-lumad spouses (second phase).
Based on the case history of the Katipunan Manobo, the following are the findings of the
study: threats to linguistic extinction are neighbourhood, intermarriage, religion, education,
career opportunities, lack of language development opportunities, and speakers’ linguisticcultural
attitudes.
It is concluded that Manobo is gradually becoming out of use due to acculturation with
Cebuano Visayan.
Recommendations. Local government units (LGUs) may develop a livelihood program
for Manobos. Elders may require parents to transmit Manobo language to children by using this
language at home. LGUs, non-government organizations and other educational leaders may
establish lumad school of living traditions akin to Muslim‘madrasah’( meaning, school among
Muslim Filipinos).

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