Calamian Tagbanwa language

Not to be confused with Aborlan Tagbanwa language or Central Tagbanwa language.

Calamian Tagbanwa is spoken in the Calamian Islands just north of Palawan Island, Philippines. It is not mutually intelligible with the other languages of the Tagbanwa people. Ethnologue reports that it is spoken in Busuanga, Coron, Culion, and Linapacan municipalities (Calamian and Linapacan island groups).

Calamian Tagbanwa
ᝦᝲᝨᝪᝯ, Tinagbanwa[1]
Native to	Philippines
Region	Calamian Islands
Ethnicity	Tagbanwa people
Native speakers	10,000 (2007)[2]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Kalamian Calamian Tagbanwa
Writing system	Tagbanwa alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tbk
Glottolog	cala1258

Dialects

Himes (2006)^[3] considers there to be two distinct dialects.

• Karamiananen: spoken on Busuanga Island and Dipalengged Island. The speakers on Dipalengged Island refer to their language as Tagbanwa.
• Tagbanwa of Coron: spoken on Coron Island, and also in Baras, Palawan Island located just opposite of Dumaran Island.

Phonology

Consonants

Calamian Tagbanwa consonants^[4]

		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

Vowels

Calamian Tagbanwa vowels^[4]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Open		a

Grammar

Pronouns

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.

Calamian Tagbanwa pronouns^[5]

	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