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Kamayo

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3kyk

Population  7,570 (2000 WCD).
Region  Mindanao, Surigao del Sur between Marihatag and Lingig.
Language map  Southern Philippines, reference number 154
Dialects  North Kamayo, South Kamayo. Intelligibility with Surigaonon [sul] 92%, with Butuanon [btw] 87%, with Mansaka [msk] 82%. Lexical similarity: 66% with Surigaonon, 70% with Butuanon.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Mansakan, Northern
Language use  Also use Cebuano [ceb].

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Academic Publications

HASSELBRING, Sue; MATA, Mila; VILORIA, Rosario, authors; FABIOSA, Amario, researcher. 2011. "A Participatory Assessment of Kinamayo: A Language of Eastern Mindanao."  Available online