Agutaynen

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Agutayno, Agutaynon

Population

15,000 (2007 SIL).

Location

Agutaya island, 5 surrounding islands; Roxas, San Vicente, and Brooke’s Point, Palawan municipalities; Mindoro, Taytay, Linapacan, and Manila.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Lexical similarity: 52% with Cuyonon [cyo], 71% with Calamian Tagbanwa [tbk].

Language Use

Mostly spoken in group. All ages. Neutral attitudes. Many bilingual in Filipino [fil]. Also use some Cuyonon [cyo] or English [eng].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 90%. Literacy rate in L2: 90% in Filipino [fil] or English [eng]. Videos. Dictionary. NT: 2004.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.

Other Comments

Culturally lowland. Christian.