Kalamian languages explained

Kalamian
Region:islands between Mindoro and Palawan
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Philippine
Glotto:kala1389
Glottorefname:Kalamian

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.

Classification

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

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Notes and References

  1. Blust, Robert. The Greater Central Philippines hypothesis. Oceanic Linguistics. 1991. 30. 2. 73–129. apa. 10.2307/3623084. 3623084 .