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Suzuka00
fig.1
Malayo-Polynesian (100% confidence)
-Sulu-Philippines (75%)
--Sama-Bajaw (100%)
--Philippines (100%)
Indo-Melanesian (98%)
--Bornean (65%)
--Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian (75%)

fig.2
Philippine-Gorontalo
-Gorontalo-Mongondow languages
-Philippine proper
--Northern Philippine
---Batanic languages
---Central Luzon languages
---Northern Luzon languages
--Central-Southern Philippine
---Central-Palawanic
---Central Philippine
---Palawanic
----Palawan languages
----Kalamian languages
----South Mangyan languages
----Mindanao languages (including South Mindanao)

fig. 3
Central Philippine
-Tagalog
-Bikol-Visayan (80% confidence)
--Bikol
--Visaya-Mansakan
---Visayan
---Mansakan

from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_languages
results
-butuanon-tausug is no longer bisaya
-sama-bajau is related to philippine languages
-tagalog is an old language,older than visayan group and bikolano language
silangan
Bakit nasa figure 2 ang Mindanao languages. Mandaya and Kalagan of Davao is very much related to Tagalog language.
orient
Nasaan ang TagLish? laugh.gif
Ek-ek
Well, they will have more languages in that way
Suzuka00
QUOTE(silangan @ Apr 21 2009, 03:52 PM) [snapback]4204655[/snapback]
Bakit nasa figure 2 ang Mindanao languages. Mandaya and Kalagan of Davao is very much related to Tagalog language.

mandaya and kalagan are on mansakan,they are closely related to bisaya.

perhaps the homeland of bisaya and manskan is bicol,because bikol is the closest branch to bisaya-mansakan.

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