Kasiguranin Explained

Kasiguranin
States:Philippines
Region:Aurora, Luzon
Speakers:10,000
Date:1975
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Philippine
Fam4:Greater Central Philippine
Fam5:Central Philippine
Fam6:Kasiguranin–Tagalog
Iso3:ksn
Glotto:kasi1256
Glottorefname:Kasiguranin

Kasiguranin (Casiguranin) is a Tagalogic language that is indigenous to the Casiguran town of Aurora in the northern Philippines. It is descended from an early Tagalog dialect (i.e. particularly Tayabas dialect of Quezon) that had borrowed heavily from Northeastern Luzon Agta languages (particularly Casiguran Dumagat Agta and Paranan Agta languages), and, to a lesser extent, from Ilocano (the dominant native language of north Aurora), Bikol languages, Kapampangan, Gaddang, Itawis, Ibanag, and Paranan, which were spoken by settlers from other parts of the Philippines.[1]

Dilasag, Dinapigue, Maconacon, and Divilacan are primarily Ilocano-speaking towns just to the north of Casiguran.[2] Dinalungan, Dipaculao, and Maria Aurora are the other primarily Ilocano-speaking towns just south of Casiguran.

Kasiguranin speakers speak Ilocano & Tagalog as additional languages, as they are the dominant languages of Aurora.

Notes and References

  1. Robinson . Laura C. . Lobel . Jason William . 2013 . The Northeastern Luzon Subgroup of Philippine Languages . Oceanic Linguistics . 52 . 1 . 129 . 10.1353/ol.2013.0007 . 43286764. 143927521 .
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160116102719id_/http://jasonlobel.com/52-1-RobinsonLobel-NELuzon-OLJune2013-125to168.pdf Northeastern Luzon Subgroup of Philippine languages