Calamian languages
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Geographic distribution: | islands between Mindoro and Palawan |
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Glottolog: | kala1389[1] |
The Calamian languages (also spelled Kalamian) are a small cluster of languages spoken in the Philippines:
These are among the few languages of the Philippines which continue to be written in indigenous scripts, though mostly for poetry.
Classification
Adelaar and Himmelmann (2005) make Kalamian a primary branch of the Philippine language family.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kalamian". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Another language called Tagbanwa, Aborlan Tagbanwa, is one of the Palawan languages.
- Himes, Ronald S. 2007. "The Kalamian microgroup of Philippine languages". Studies in Philippine languages and cultures 15:54-72.
See also
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