Ponosakan is member of the Gorontalo-Mongondow group of the Greater Central Philippine branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language family. It is/was spoken in and around the town of Belang in the Southeast Minahasa Regency in North Sulawesi Province in the Philippines. In November 2024 there were just three fluent speakers of Ponosakan, all of whom are elderly.
The numbers of Ponosakan speakers started to decline in the 1920s when many people speaking other languages started to migrate to Ponosakan-speaking areas. By the second half of the 20th century, very few people still spoke Ponosakan. Efforts are currently being made to revive the language by teaching it in primary schools.
Download AN alphabet chart for Ponosakan (Excel
Information about Ponosakan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponosakan_language
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43897709
http://www.language-archives.org/language/pns
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/THE-RETENTION-AND-REVITALIZATION-OF-PONOSAKAN-Kamma-Ponosakan/
Ponosakan Talking Dictionary
http://talkingdictionary.swarthmore.edu/ponosakan/
Aborlan Tagbanwa, Agutaynen, Bantik, Bikol, Binukid, Blaan, Buhid, Bukid, Buol, Calmian Tagbanwa, Casiguran Dumagat Agta, Central Tagbanwa, Gorontalo, Hanuno'o, Iranun, Iraya, Isnag, Kagayanen, Kalanguya, Kapampangan, Klata, Maguindanao, Mamanwa, Manide, Maranao, Matigsalug, Molbog, Mongondow, Obo, Palawano, Ponosakan, Ratahan, Rinconada Bikol, Sangirese, Suwawa, Tagalog, Tagabawà, Talaud, Tawbuid, Tboli, Tiruray, Tombulu, Tondano, Tonsawang, Umiray Dumaget, Western Subanon
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 31.12.24. Last modified: 31.12.24
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