| Calamian Tagbanwa | |
|---|---|
| ᝦᝲᝨᝪᝯ,Tinagbanwa[1] | |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Calamian Islands |
| Ethnicity | Tagbanwa people |
Native speakers | 10,000 (2007)[2] |
Austronesian
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| Tagbanwa alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tbk |
| Glottolog | cala1258 |
Calamian Tagbanwa is spoken in theCalamian Islands just north ofPalawan Island,Philippines. It is notmutually intelligible with the other languages of theTagbanwa people.Ethnologue reports that it is spoken inBusuanga,Coron,Culion, andLinapacan municipalities (Calamian andLinapacan island groups).
Himes (2006)[3] considers there to be two distinct dialects.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | β | s | ɣ | |||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Rhotic | ɾ~r | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Open | a |
The following set of pronouns are the pronouns found in the Calamian Tagbanwa language. Note: the direct/nominative case is divided between full and short forms.
| Direct/Nominative | Indirect/Genitive | Oblique | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person singular | yuu/yaku (aw) | u | yɨɨn/yakɨn |
| 2nd person singular | yawa (a) | mu | nuyu |
| 3rd person singular | tanya | na | anya |
| 1st person plural inclusive | ita | ta | yatɨn |
| 1st person plural exclusive | yami (ami) | yamɨn | yamɨn |
| 2nd person plural | yamu (amu) | mi | numyu |
| 3rd person plural | tanira | nira | nira |
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