Central Tagbanwa is spoken on

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in the

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. It is not mutually intelligible with the other languages of the

Tagbanwa people The Tagbanwa people (Tagbanwa: ) are one of the oldest ethnic groups in the Philippines, and can be mainly found in the central and northern Palawan. Research has shown that the Tagbanwa are possible descendants of the Tabon Man, thus making th ...

Phonology

Consonants

* preceding a high front vowel is usually realized as an affricate sound . * tend to shift to uvular sounds when adjacent to .

Vowels

* is usually a high central vowel sound, although it is occasionally moved further back to , or lowered to . * An sound is often heard when two back vowels are adjacent to one another, or as an allophone of .

Grammar

Pronouns

The following set of pronouns are the personal pronouns found in the Central Tagbanwa language. Note: some forms are divided between full and short forms. The demonstratives are as follows.

Notes

References

* Palawanic languages Languages of Palawan {{GCPhilippine-lang-stub