Native speakers 2 (2000) | Ethnicity 2,000 Ratagnon (1997) ISO 639-3 btn | |
Language family AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianPhilippineCentral PhilippineVisayanWestern VisayanKuyanRatagnon | ||
Ratagnon (also translated as Latagnon or Datagnon) is a regional language spoken by the Ratagnon people, an indigenous group from Occidental Mindoro. It is a part of the Visayan language family and is closely related to other Philippine languages. Its speakers are shifting to Tagalog, and it is nearly extinct.
Contents
Barbian (1977) provides lexical and phonological data for Ratagnon.
Distribution
According to the Ethnologue, Ratagnon is spoken in the southernmost extreme tip of Mindoro islands, including the municipalities of Magsaysay and Bulalacao.
Barbian (1977) lists the following locations.
Classification
Ratagnon may be closely related to the Cuyonon language, a Visayan language spoken in the Cuyo Archipelago just to the south of Mindoro.
References
Ratagnon language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA