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Kagayanen language

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Native to
  
Philippines

Native speakers
  
30,000 (2007)

Glottolog
  
kaga1256

Region
  
eastern Palawan

ISO 639-3
  
cgc

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Mindanao Manobo North Kagayanen

The Kagayanen language is spoken in the province of Palawan in the Philippines.

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Distribution

Kagayanen is spoken in the following areas (Ethnologue).

  • Palawan Province: Cagayancillo Island between Negros and Palawan
  • Palawan coastal communities
  • southern Palawan: Balabac Island
  • northern Palawan: Busuanga and Coron
  • other areas around the Philippines: Iloilo Province; Silay, Negros; Manila; Quezon and Rizal areas

    • Phonology

    [h] occurs only in loan words, proper names, or in words that have [h] in the cognates of neighboring languages. Outside of loanwords, /d/ becomes [r] between vowels.

    Comparative and historical evidence suggests that /ð̞/ and /l/ were in complementary distribution before a split occurred with pressure from contact with English, Spanish, and Tagalog.

    /i/ ranges between [i] and [e], except in unstressed syllables (as well as before consonant clusters) where it lowers to [ɪ] or [ɛ]. Similarly, /u/ lowers to [ʊ] in unstressed syllables, before consonant clusters, and word-finally. It is otherwise [u].

    References

    Kagayanen language Wikipedia
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