Calamian Tagbanwa is spoken in the

Calamian Islands The Calamian Islands or the Calamianes is a group of islands in the province of Palawan, Philippines. It includes: * Busuanga Island * Coron Island * Culion Island * Calauit Island * Malcapuya Island * Banana Island * Pass Island * Calumbuyan I ...

just north of

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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 ...

. '' Ethnologue'' reports that it is spoken in

Busuanga Busuanga, officially the Municipality of Busuanga ( tgl, Bayan ng Busuanga), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 25,617 people. History Oral tradition has it ...

, Coron,

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, and Linapacan municipalities ( Calamian 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

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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