Kagayanen
A language of Philippines
| Population | 30,000 (2007 SIL), increasing. Few monolinguals. Ethnic population: 25,000. |
| Region | Palawan Province, Cagayan Island, between Negros and Palawan; Palawan coastal communities; south Palawan, Balabac island, Quezon and Rizal communities; north Palawan, Busuanga region, Coron Municipality. Subgroupings in Iloilo Province, Silay, Negros, and Manila. |
| Language maps |
Southern Philippines, reference number 108 Southern Philippines, reference number 108 |
| Alternate names | Cagayano, Kagay-anen, Kinagayanen |
| Dialects | Calamian Kagayanen. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Greater Central Philippine, Manobo, North |
| Language use | All domains. Some oral use in local administration, commerce, religion, some schools. Letters, oral literature. Positive attitude. Shifting from Hiligaynon [hil] to Filipino [fil]. Most also use English, Cuyonon [cyo], or 1 or more Visayan languages. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 85%. Literacy rate in L2: 75% Hiligaynon, Filipino, Cuyunon, Kinaray-a, Cebuano. Taught in primary and secondary schools. NT: 2007. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | A growing number moving to cities for economic improvement, education. Agriculturalists; fishermen; seaweed farmers. Christian, traditional religion. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
BUNDAL, Ruby C., compiler. 2012. Kagayanen Collocations and Idioms.
HUGGINS, Jacqueline A., researcher. 2012. Jacqueline Huggins' Kagayanen Cultural Journal.
HUGGINS, Jacqueline A., researcher. 2012. Kagayanen Annual Calendar.
MACGREGOR, Louise A., author. 1995. "Kagayanen: introduction and wordlist."
MACGREGOR, Louise A.; PEBLEY, Carol Jean, authors. 1999. "Two Kagayanen texts."
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MIELKE, Jeff; OLSON, Kenneth S., authors. 2007. "Acoustic properties of the Kagayanen vowel space."
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MIELKE, Jeff; OLSON, Kenneth S.; PATERSON, Hugh J. III; PEBLEY, Carol Jean; SANICAS-DAGUMAN, Josephine, authors. 2010. "The phonetic status of the (inter)dental approximant."
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PEBLEY, Carol Jean, author. 1999. "A sketch of Kagayanen clause structures."
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PEBLEY, Carol Jean, author. 1999. "Kagayanen enclitic demonstratives ’i’, ’an’, and ’ya’."
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PEBLEY, Carol Jean, author. 1999. "Participant reference in Kagayanen."
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Vernacular Publications
Alibaba Daw Kaptan Na Matakaw. 1990.
Mga andemanan na mga isturya. 1995.
Mga pangadlaw-adlaw na ambalen = Everyday conversation: a phrase book for Kagayanen . 1978.
Mga pangadlaw-adlaw na ambalen. 1989.

