Tagbanwa, Calamian
A language of Philippines
| Population | 10,000 (2007 SIL), increasing. |
| Region | Calamian Group and Linapacan Group in northern part of Palawan Province; also 3 Tagbanwa communities on northeastern coast of Palawan Island. |
| Language map |
Southern Philippines, reference number 104 |
| Dialects | Baras. Closely related to Kinalamianen and Binusuanganen; Baras dialect on Palawan Island 94% intelligibility with Calamian Tagbanwa. Lexical similarity: 80% between the Calamian and Baras dialects. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Kalamian |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 40%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%–50%. NT: 2002. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
HIMES, Ronald S., author. 2006. "The Kalamian microgroup of Philippine languages."
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QUAKENBUSH, J. Stephen; RUCH, Edward R., authors. 2006. "Pronoun ordering in Kalamianic."
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QUAKENBUSH, J. Stephen; RUCH, Edward, authors. 2008. "Pronoun ordering and marking in Kalamianic."
RUCH, Edward R., author. 1964. The phonological and morphophonemic systems of Calamian Tagbanwa.
RUCH, Edward R., author. 1974. "Role combinations and verb stem classes in Kalamian Tagbanwa."
RUCH, Edward R., author. 1978. "Calamian Tagbanwa [language texts]."
RUCH, Edward, author. n.d.. Sentence structure of Kalamian Tagbanwa.
Vernacular Publications
Basaen ta yang Tinagbanwa: Primirung / Yadwang / Yaklung libru. 1960.
Mga malelpes ang barasen. 1976.
Nagkaraita yamen ang baklu. 1976.
Sari-saring ayep tung kaliw̱utan. 1976.
Ti Kapitan Luis R. Yangco. 1976.
Tulu nga bitalaan, sasay linegdangan. 1981.
Yang matitinlung mga paetad. 1976.
Yang nagkarapanawan yamen ang pangalangalangan. 1976.
Yang nagkarita u tung dinistinuan nu. 1976.

