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Tagbanwa, Calamian

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3tbk

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."  Available online

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."

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.

Gesyeng isturya. 1960.

Mga malelpes ang barasen. 1976.

Mga pangesen-kesen tung kaldaw-kaldaw tung Tinagbanwa, Kinuyonon, Pilipino, Ininglis (Everyday conversation in Tagbanwa, Cuyonon, Pilipino, and English: a phrase book for Tagbanwa (Calamian)). 1981.

Mga ugtulun. 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.

Yang pagdistinu u tung dumang banwa. 1976.

Yang pagsalbiru ra. 1981.

Yang pagsuut tung balinsasayaw. 1976.