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The Alangan language is a language spoken by Mangyans in the province of Mindoro in the Philippines.

Alangan is spoken by 2,150 people in the following municipalities of north-central Mindoro (Ethnologue).

• Sablayan municipality, Mindoro Occidental Province
• Naujan municipality, Mindoro Oriental Province
• Victoria municipality, Mindoro Oriental Province

The Ayan Bekeg dialect spoken on the northeast slopes of Mount Halcon is understood by Alangan speakers throughout the area (Tweddell 1970:193).

Barbian (1977) lists the following locations.

• Casague, Santa Cruz, Occidental Mindoro
• Kulasisi (tributary of the Mompong River), near Barrio Arellano, Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro

References

1. Alangan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Tweddell, Colin E. 1970. "The Identity and Distribution of the Mangyan Tribes of Mindoro, Philippines". Anthropological Linguistics 12 (6).
3. Barbian, Karl-Josef. 1977. English-Mangyan vocabulary. Cebu City: University of San Carlos.

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