Kalamian languages

Summary

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.

Kalamian
Geographic
distribution
islands between Mindoro and Palawan
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Glottologkala1389

These are among the few languages of the Philippines which continue to be written in indigenous scripts, though mostly for poetry.[citation needed]

Classification edit

 
Kalamian [blue] languages of Palawan

The Kalamian languages are a primary branch of the Philippine language family.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ 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 edit

  • Zorc, R. David. 1972. Agutaynon notes.
  • Zorc, R. David. 1972. Kalamian notes.

See also edit