Calamian Tagbanwa is spoken in the Calamian Islands just north of Palawan Island, Philippines. It is not

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with the other languages of the Tagbanwa people. ''

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'' reports that it is spoken in

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, Coron, Culion, and Linapacan municipalities (

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and Linapacan island groups).

Dialects

Himes (2006) considers there to be two distinct dialects. *Karamiananen: spoken on

Island and Dipalengged Island. The speakers on Dipalengged Island refer to their language as ''Tagbanwa''. *Tagbanwa of Coron: spoken on Coron Island, and also in Baras, Palawan Island located just opposite of Dumaran Island.

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

Grammar

Pronouns

The following set of pronouns are the pronouns found in the Calamian Tagbanwa language. Note: the direct/nominative case is divided between full and short forms.

References

Languages of Palawan Calamian languages {{philippine-lang-stub