Agutaynen language
The Agutaynen language is spoken on Agutaya Island in the province of Palawan in the Philippines.
| Agutaynen | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Mimaropa |
Native speakers | 19,608[1] (2010)[2] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | agn |
| Glottolog | agut1237[3] |
Distribution
Caabay & Melvin (2014: 1-2)[4] note that Agutaynen is spoken by about 15,000 people on Agutaya Island and six of the smaller of the smaller Cuyo Islands, namely Diit, Maracañao, Matarawis, Algeciras, Concepcion, and Quiniluban. After World War II, Agutaynen speakers were also moved to San Vicente, Roxas, Brooke’s Point, Balabac, Linapacan, and Puerto Princesa City municipalities on Palawan Island.
Grammar
Pronouns
The following set of pronouns are the pronouns found in the Agutaynen language.[5] Note: the direct/nominative case is divided between full and short forms.
| Direct/Nominative | Indirect/Genitive | Oblique | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person singular | yo (o) | o | yɨn |
| 2nd person singular | yawa (a) | mo | nio |
| 3rd person singular | tanandia | na | nandia |
| 1st person plural inclusive | ita | ta | yatɨn |
| 1st person plural exclusive | yami (ami) | amɨn | yamɨn |
| 2nd person plural | yamo (amo) | mi | nindio |
| 3rd person plural | tanira | nira | nira |
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References
- "2010 Census of Population and Housing, Report No. 2A: Demographic and Housing Characteristics (Non-Sample Variables) - Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- Agutaynen at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Agutaynen". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Caabay, Marilyn A. and Melissa S. Melvin. 2014. Agutaynen–English Dictionary with Grammar Sketch. Special Monograph Issue, Number 58. Linguistic Society of the Philippines.
- Ruch, J. Stephen; Quakenbush, Edward. "Pronoun Ordering and Marking in Kalamianic" (PDF). Retrieved 26 May 2020. Cite journal requires
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Bibliography
- Quakenbush, J. Stephen, comp. 1999. Agutaynen texts. Studies in Agutaynen, Part I. Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures 11(1):7–88. available online from SIL
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