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Kalagan language

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Native to
  
Philippines

Native speakers
  
160,000 (2000–2002)

Region
  
Mindanao (Davao Region and a few parts in Caraga)

Ethnicity
  
Kalagans (or "Caragans")

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Philippine Mansakan Kalagan

ISO 639-3
  
Variously: kqe – Kalagan kll – Kagan Kalagan klg – Tagakaulu Kalagan

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.

Distribution

Ethnologue lists the following locations for Kalagan.

  • Davao del Sur Province: southwest of Davao City, inland along coast
  • Compostela Valley and Davao del Norte provinces: including Samal and associated islands, and inland on eastern shores of Davao Gulf
  • Davao Oriental Province highlands
  • some in North Cotabato Province

    • Kalagan dialects are:

  • Isamal dialect: spoken in Samal Island
  • Western Kalagan: spoken in Davao Oriental Province
  • Lupon: spoken in Davao del Sur Province, along the gulf down to Hagonoy and Guihing near Digos City
  • Eastern Kalagan: spoken mainly in Davao Oriental Province

    • Other dialects include the Kagan Kalagan which is spoken near Digos City 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) and also in Sultan Kudarat (Columbio municipality) and South Cotabato (Tampakan) provinces.

    References

    Kalagan language Wikipedia
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