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Agutaynen

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3agn

Population  15,000 (2007 SIL).
Region  Agutaya Island, 5 smaller surrounding islands; Roxas, San Vicente, and Brooke’s Point, Palawan municipalities. A few on Mindoro, in Taytay, Linapacan, and Manila.
Language maps  Southern Philippines, reference number 105
Southern Philippines, reference number 105
Alternate names   Agutayno, Agutaynon
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 52% with Cuyonon [cyo]; 71% with Calamian Tagbanwa [tbk].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Kalamian
Language use  All domains. All ages. Neutral attitude. Most also use some Cuyonon [cyo], Filipino [fil], or English.
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 90%. Literacy rate in L2: 90%. NT: 2004.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Culturally lowland. Agriculturalists: rice; fishermen.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HENDRICKSON, Gail R.; MELVIN, Melissa S., authors. 1999. "Child giving and child receiving in a lowland Philippine society."

HENDRICKSON, Gail R.; QUAKENBUSH, J. Stephen, authors; EDEP, Josenita L., facilitator. 2012. A brief overview of Agutaynen grammar.

HIMES, Ronald S., author. 2006. "The Kalamian microgroup of Philippine languages."  Available online

LLAVAN, Peregrina A. Rauto, author. 2000. Ginotay-gotay (A collection of poems in Agutaynen, Filipino and English).  Available online

QUAKENBUSH, J. Stephen, author. 1986. Language use and proficiency in a multilingual setting: a sociolinguistic survey of Agutaynen speakers in Palawan, Philippines.

QUAKENBUSH, J. Stephen, author. 1989. Language use and proficiency in a multilingual setting: a sociolinguistic survey of Agutaynen speakers in Palawan, Philippines.

QUAKENBUSH, J. Stephen, author. 1991. Agutaynen glottal stop.

QUAKENBUSH, J. Stephen, author. 1992. "Surveying language proficiency."  Available online

QUAKENBUSH, J. Stephen, author. 1992. "Word order and discourse type: An Austronesian example."

QUAKENBUSH, J. Stephen, author. 1993. Four years down the road: looking back on the Agutaynen sociolinguistics survey.

QUAKENBUSH, J. Stephen, author. 1997. "Writing Agutaynen pronouns: Making the most of a mixed-up world."

QUAKENBUSH, J. Stephen, author. 2009. Tracking Agutaynen language vitality: 1984-2009.

QUAKENBUSH, J. Stephen, compiler. 1999. "Agutaynen texts."

QUAKENBUSH, J. Stephen; RUCH, Edward R., authors. 2006. "Pronoun ordering in Kalamianic."  Available online

QUAKENBUSH, J. Stephen; RUCH, Edward, authors. 2008. "Pronoun ordering and marking in Kalamianic."

Vernacular Publications

Bolong ang herbal. 1998.  Available online

Magistoria ita!. 1996.

Mga bitalang pangaldaw-kaldaw = Mga salitang pang-araw-araw = Everyday words and expressions. 2006.

Mga bitalang pangaldaw-kaldaw. 1989.

Onopay boaten ta mga may taw ang agtrangkason?. 1998.

Onopay boaten ta mga may taw ang galo-tan ta wi tang sinangoni na?. 1998.

Onopay boaten ta mga may taw ang napaso?. 1999.