Kalamian languages

Kalamian
Geographic
distribution
islands between Mindoro and Palawan
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Glottologkala1389

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.



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