Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines
Calamian Tagbanwa is spoken in the Calamian Islands just north of Palawan Island, Philippines. It is not mutually intelligible with the other languages of the Tagbanwa people. Ethnologue reports that it is spoken in Busuanga, Coron, Culion, and Linapacan municipalities (Calamian and Linapacan island groups).
Dialects
Himes (2006)[3] considers there to be two distinct dialects.
- Karamiananen: spoken on Busuanga Island and Dipalengged Island. The speakers on Dipalengged Island refer to their language as Tagbanwa.
- Tagbanwa of Coron: spoken on Coron Island, and also in Baras, Palawan Island located just opposite of Dumaran Island.
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Grammar
Pronouns
The following set of pronouns are the pronouns found in the Calamian Tagbanwa language. Note: the direct/nominative case is divided between full and short forms.
References
- ^ "Tagbanwa, Calamian". Ethnologue.
- ^ Calamian Tagbanwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Himes, Ronald S. (2006). The Kalamian Microgroup of Philippine Languages (PDF). Paper presented at the Tenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, 17–20 January 2006, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines.
- ^ a b Reid, Lawrence A. (1971). Philippine Minor Languages: Word Lists and Phonologies. University of Hawai'i Press. p. 42.
- ^ Ruch, J. Stephen; Quakenbush, Edward (2006). Pronoun Ordering and Marking in Kalamianic (PDF). Paper presented at the Tenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, 17–20 January 2006, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
