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The Palawanic languages are a subgroup in the Greater Central Philippine-family spoken on the island of
Palawan Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in t ...
and nearby islets.


Languages

The Palawanic languages are: * Palawano (a dialect cluster) * Aborlan Tagbanwa * Central Tagbanwa (not to be confused with Kalamian Tagbanwa) * Batak (not to be confused with the
Batak languages __FORCETOC__ The Batak languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken by the Batak people in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra and surrounding areas. Internal classification The Batak languages can be divided into two ...
) * Tau't Batu Molbog may also be in this group, closest to Palawano.


Reconstruction

Proto-Palawanic has been reconstructed by Thiessen (1980).


References


Further reading

*Zorc, R. David. (1972a).
Palawano Notes
'. *Zorc, R. David. (1972b).
Tagbanwa (Northern) Notes
'. Greater Central Philippine languages Languages of Palawan {{GCPhilippine-lang-stub