Kalagan, Kagan

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A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3
kll
Alternate Names
Kaagan, Kagan Kalagan
Population

6,000 (1981 SIL).

Location

Mindanao, Davao del Sur Province near Digos city.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Mansakan, Western
Dialects

82% intelligibility with Kalagan [kqe] dialect.

Typology

VOS, VSO; prepositions; genitives before noun heads; articles before adjectives, before and after numerals, before noun heads; relatives after noun heads; question word in sentence-initial position; 3 maximum prefixes, 2 maximum suffixes; word order distinguishes subjects, objects and indirect objects when case does not, word order distinguishes given and new information, topic and comment; affixes do not indicate case of noun phrases; verb affixes mark number; ergativity; passives; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVC, CVV, CVVC; nontonal

Language Use

Positive attitudes. Also use Cebuano [ceb].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: Perhaps 60%.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kalagan, Kagan
Writing
Latin script.