The Agutaynen language is spoken on
Agutaya Island
Agutaya, officially the Municipality of Agutaya ( tgl, Bayan ng Agutaya), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,867 people.
An island municipality, it is the ...
in the
province
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of
Palawan
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in the
Philippines
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* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
.
Distribution
Caabay & Melvin (2014: 1-2)
[Caabay, Marilyn A. and Melissa S. Melvin. 2014. ''Agutaynen–English Dictionary with Grammar Sketch''. Special Monograph Issue, Number 58. Linguistic Society of the Philippines.] note that Agutaynen is spoken by about 15,000 people on
Agutaya Island
Agutaya, officially the Municipality of Agutaya ( tgl, Bayan ng Agutaya), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,867 people.
An island municipality, it is the ...
and six of the smaller of the smaller
Cuyo Islands
The Cuyo Archipelago or Cuyo Islands, is a group of about 45 islands lying to the northeast of the Philippine island of Palawan.''Traveler's Companion Philippines 1998'' p.214 Kirsten Ellis, Globe Pequot Press Globe Pequot, 1998 It lies south of ...
, namely Diit, Maracañao, Matarawis, Algeciras, Concepcion, and Quiniluban. After
World War II
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, Agutaynen speakers were also moved to San Vicente, Roxas, Brooke’s Point, Balabac, Linapacan, and Puerto Princesa City municipalities on
Palawan
Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in t ...
Island.
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
* can fluctuate to sounds of , , .
Grammar
Pronouns
The following set of pronouns are the pronouns found in the Agutaynen language. Note: the direct/nominative case is divided between full and short forms.
References
Bibliography
* Quakenbush, J. Stephen, comp. 1999. "Agutaynen texts. Studies in Agutaynen, Part I". In: ''Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures'' 11 (1): 7–88
available online from SIL
Further reading
* Quakenbush, J. Stephen. ''Tracking Agutaynen language vitality: 1984-2009''. Paper presented at 11th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Aussois, France in 2009. Available a
SIL Access date: 26 December, 2022.
External links
Agutaynen-English Dictionaryonline dictionary (SIL Philippines)
Languages of Palawan
Calamian languages
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