Kalamian languages
The Kalamian languages are a small cluster of languages spoken in the Philippines: Calamian Tagbanwa and Agutaynen. Other languages called Tagbanwa, the Aborlan Tagbanwa language and Central Tagbanwa language are one of the Palawanic languages.
| Kalamian | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | islands between Mindoro and Palawan |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| Glottolog | kala1389[1] |
These are among the few languages of the Philippines which continue to be written in indigenous scripts, though mostly for poetry.
Classification
Kalamian [blue] languages of Palawan
The Kalamian languages are a primary branch of the Philippine language family.[2]
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References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kalamian". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Blust, Robert (1991). "The Greater Central Philippines hypothesis". Oceanic Linguistics. 30 (2): 73–129. doi:10.2307/3623084. JSTOR 3623084.
- Himes, Ronald S. 2007. "The Kalamian microgroup of Philippine languages". Studies in Philippine languages and cultures 15:54-72.
Further reading
- Zorc, R. David. 1972. Agutaynon notes.
- Zorc, R. David. 1972. Kalamian notes.
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