Kalamian languages

Kalamian
Geographic distribution	islands between Mindoro and Palawan
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Kalamian
Language codes
Glottolog	kala1389

The Kalamian languages are a small cluster of languages spoken in the Philippines: Calamian Tagbanwa and Agutaynen. Other languages called Tagbanwa, the Aborlan Tagbanwa language and Central Tagbanwa language are members of the Palawanic languages.

These are among the few languages of the Philippines which continue to be written in indigenous scripts, though mostly for poetry.^{[citation needed]}

Classification

Kalamian [blue] languages of Palawan

The Kalamian languages are a primary branch of the Philippine language family, notable for reflecting Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *q as k and *R as l, while reducing original *k to zero.^[1]

References

1. Blust, Robert (1991). "The Greater Central Philippines hypothesis". Oceanic Linguistics. 30 (2): 73–129. doi:10.2307/3623084. JSTOR 3623084.

• Himes, Ronald S. 2007. "The Kalamian microgroup of Philippine languages". Studies in Philippine languages and cultures 15:54-72.

Further reading

• Zorc, R. David. 1972. Agutaynon notes.
• Zorc, R. David. 1972. Kalamian notes.

See also

• Tagbanwa script