Higaonon language

Higaonon
Higaonon
Misamis Higaonon Manobo
Native to	Philippines
Region	Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, and portions of Bukidnon, Mindanao
Native speakers	(30,000 cited 1996)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Manobo North Higaonon; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mba
Glottolog	higa1237

Higaonon is a Manobo language spoken on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is partially (80%) intelligible with Binukid.

Higaonon is spoken in the Butuan River basin of north-central Mindanao, comprising northwestern Agusan del Sur Province and the area of Agusan del Norte Province south of Butuan.[1] According to Ethnologue, it is closely related to Binukid, with 77%–81% mutual intelligibility.[1]

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