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Kagayanen

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3cgc

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

BRAINARD, Sherri; PEBLEY, Carol Jean, authors. 1999. "The functions of fronted noun phrases in Kagayanen expository discourse."

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."  Available online

MCFARLAND, Austina; QUIMBA, Mafe, compilers; LIEFFERS, Jean, editor. 2003. Twelve stories for twelve stamps & words of wisdom : a cultural anthology of traditional literature from the Philippines.

MIELKE, Jeff; OLSON, Kenneth S., authors. 2007. "Acoustic properties of the Kagayanen vowel space."  Available online

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."  Available online

PEBLEY, Carol Jean, author. 1998. "Semantic intransitivity, causation and the affix ‘m-’ in Kagayanen."

PEBLEY, Carol Jean, author. 1999. "A sketch of Kagayanen clause structures."  Available online

PEBLEY, Carol Jean, author. 1999. "Kagayanen enclitic demonstratives ’i’, ’an’, and ’ya’."  Available online

PEBLEY, Carol Jean, author. 1999. "Participant reference in Kagayanen."  Available online

Vernacular Publications

Alibaba Daw Kaptan Na Matakaw. 1990.

Bukabularyo ta tallo na ambal: Inglis, Pilipino daw Kagayanen (Pinagbukud-bukod na bukabularyo: Inglis, Pilipino atsaka Kagayanen; A classified vocabulary: English, Pilipino, Kagayanen). 1979.

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.

Paagi ya ta may pamilya na biskeg na panlawaen. 1982.

Paagi ya ta pagsulat ta Kagayanen. 1982.