The Palawanic languages are a subgroup in the Greater Central Philippine-family spoken on the island of

Palawan Palawan (, ), officially the Province of 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 terms of total area of . The capital and largest c ...

and nearby islets.

Languages

The Palawanic languages are: * Palawano (a

language cluster A dialect is a variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standardized varieties as well as vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardized varieties, such as those used in developing countries or iso ...

) **

Brooke's point Palawano The Palawano languages are spoken in the province of Palawan in the Philippines, by the Palawano people. Classification There are three Palawano languages: the ''Quezon Palawano'' (PLC) which is also known as ''Central Palawano''; ''Brooke's ...

Central Palawano The Palawano languages are spoken in the province of Palawan in the Philippines, by the Palawano people. Classification There are three Palawano languages: the ''Quezon Palawano'' (PLC) which is also known as ''Central Palawano''; ''Brooke's ...

Southwest Palawano The Palawano languages are spoken in the province of Palawan in the Philippines, by the Palawano people. Classification There are three Palawano languages: the ''Quezon Palawano'' (PLC) which is also known as ''Central Palawano''; ''Brooke's ...

*** Tau't Batu * Aborlan Tagbanwa * Central Tagbanwa (not to be confused with Kalamian Tagbanwa) *

Batak Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian peoples, Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia, who speak Batak languages. The term is used to include the Karo people ( ...

(not to be confused with the

Batak languages __FORCETOC__ The Batak languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken by the Batak people in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra and surrounding areas. Internal classification The Batak languages can be divided into two mai ...

)

Molbog Palawan, the largest province in the Philippines, is home to several indigenous ethnolinguistic groups namely, the Kagayanen, Tagbanwa, Palawano, Taaw't Bato, Molbog, and Batak tribes. They live in remote villages in the mountains and coa ...

may also be in this group, closest to Palawano. Ethnologue classifies Bonggi as Palawanic.

Reconstruction

Proto-Palawanic has been reconstructed by Thiessen (1980).

Languages

Reconstruction

References

Further reading