Cuyonon is aregionalBisayan language spoken on the coast ofPalawan and theCuyo Islands in thePhilippines.^[2] Cuyonon had been thelingua franca (language used for communication) of theprovince ofPalawan until recently^[when?] when migration flow into the region rapidly increased. Forty-three percent of the total population of Palawan during the late 1980s spoke and used Cuyonon as a language. Later studies showed a significant decrease in the number of speakers due to an increase ofTagalog-speaking immigrants fromLuzon.

The Cuyonon language is classified by the Summer Institute of Linguistics as belonging to the Central Philippine, Western Bisayan, Kuyan subgroup. The largest number of speakers lives in the Cuyo Group of Islands, which is located between northern Palawan andPanay Island.

Unlike most Philippine languages, Cuyonon only includes one close vowel.^[3] The close vowel[e] only occurs in loanwords from Spanish, either directly or through Tagalog.

• Good afternoon –Mayad nga apon
• Good evening/night –Mayad nga gabi
• How are you? –Komosta kaw?
• I'm fine/good and you? –Mayad da, ay ikaw?
• I'm just fine, by the grace of God –Kaloy' Dios, mayad da.
• Thank you –Salamat
• Where are you going? –Adin kaw mapakon?
• What are you doing? –Agaiwan kaw? / Anono imong ingboboat?
• Oh, nothing in particular. –Ara ra.
• Please come in. –Dayon kamo.
• Long time no see. –Maboay kita ren nga ara ibagatan.

• Cuyonon Language and Culture Project, cuyonon.org
• Linguistic map of the Philippines
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