The Mansakan languages are a group of languages spoken in the Philippines. Davawenyo is the principal native language of the Davao region, though there is a high degree of bilingualism in Cebuano.

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  • The Mansakan languages are a group of languages spoken in the Philippines. Davawenyo is the principal native language of the Davao region, though there is a high degree of bilingualism in Cebuano. The Mansakan languages are, Davawenyo Eastern Karaga Mandayan: Mansaka, Mandaya Kamayo Kalagan (a dialect cluster) A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database concluded that with 80% confidence, the Butuanon-Tausug languages are more closely related to Mansakan than to the Visayan languages, their traditional classification. The Mamanwa language, previously left unclassified within Central Philippines, was connected with 95% confidence. The resulting family is, Greater Mansakan Butuanon-Tausug Mamanwa-Mansakan Mamanwa Mansakan proper
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  • Mansakan
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  • The Mansakan languages are a group of languages spoken in the Philippines. Davawenyo is the principal native language of the Davao region, though there is a high degree of bilingualism in Cebuano.
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  • Mansakan languages
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