Kalamian languages
| Kalamian | |
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| Geographic distribution: | islands between Mindoro and Palawan |
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| Glottolog: | kala1389[1] |
The Kalamian languages 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
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kalamian". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ 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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