Kalamian languages
Subgroup of the Austronesian language family
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Geographic
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islands between Mindoro and Palawan |
Linguistic classification |
Austronesian
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Glottolog | kala1389 |
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 members of the Palawanic languages .
These are among the few languages of the Philippines which continue to be written in indigenous scripts , though mostly for poetry. [ citation needed ]
Classification
The Kalamian languages are a primary branch of the Philippine language family. [1]
References
- ↑ 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 .
See also
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