Obo language

Obo is a Manobo language spoken around Mount Apo on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.

Obo
Obo Manobo
Native to	Philippines
Region	eastern portions of Cotabato province, Mindanao
Native speakers	60,000 (2007)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Manobo Central South Obo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	obo
Glottolog	obom1235

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ
	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Fricative		v	s			h
Flap			ɾ
Lateral			l
Approximant		w		j

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		ɔ
Open		ɐ

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References

1. Obo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Brainard, Sherri; Vander Molen, Ena (2005). Word order inverse in Obo Manobo. In Hsiu-chuan Liao and Carl R. Galvez Rubino (eds.), Current issues in Philippine linguistics and anthropology: Parangal kay Lawrence A. Reid: Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines and SIL Philippines. pp. 364–418.