Higaonon
AltnameMisamis Higaonon Manobo
StatesPhilippines
RegionMisamis Oriental, western portions of Agusan del Norte, northwestern portions of Agusan del Sur and northern portions of Bukidnon in Mindanao
Speakers30,000
Date1996
Refe25
FamilycolorAustronesian
Fam 2Malayo-Polynesian
Fam 3Philippine
Fam 4Greater Central Philippine
Fam 5Manobo
Fam 6North
Iso 3mba
Glottohiga1237
GlottorefnameHigaonon

Higaonon is a Manobo language spoken by the Higaonon people 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 the entire Misamis Oriental, northern parts of Bukidnon, 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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