Kalagan language should not be confused with Kalanga language.
| Kalagan | |
| States: | Philippines |
| Region: | Mindanao (Davao Region and a few parts in Caraga) |
| Ethnicity: | Kalagan people (or "Caragans" or "Caragas") |
| Date: | 2000–2002 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam4: | Central Philippine |
| Fam5: | Mansakan |
| Lc1: | kqe |
| Ld1: | Kalagan |
| Lc2: | kll |
| Ld2: | Kagan Kalagan |
| Lc3: | klg |
| Ld3: | Tagakaulu Kalagan |
| Glotto: | west2552 |
| Glottorefname: | Western Mansakan |
Kalagan is an Austronesian dialect cluster of the Davao Region of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is also spoken in a few parts of Caraga, still in Mindanao.
Ethnologue lists the following locations for Kalagan.
Kalagan dialects are:
Other dialects include the Kagan Kalagan which is spoken near Digos in Davao del Sur Province where there are 6,000 speakers, and the Tagakaulo which is spoken mainly in Davao del Sur Province (western shore of Davao Gulf, from Digos south to Bugis and inland), Sarangani Province (Malungon Municipality), and also in Sultan Kudarat (Columbio municipality) and South Cotabato (Tampakan) provinces.
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Rhotic | (pronounced as /link/) | ||||||
| Lateral | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /link/ |