Kalamian languages
Subgroup of the Austronesian language family
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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.
| Kalamian | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | islands between Mindoro and Palawan |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | kala1389 |
These are among the few languages of the Philippines which continue to be written in indigenous scripts, though mostly for poetry.[citation needed]
Classification
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]
