Kamayo (Kinamayo or alternatively spelled Camayo), also called Kadi, Kinadi, or Mandaya, is a minor Austronesian language of the central eastern coast of

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in the

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Distribution

Spoken in some areas of

Surigao del Sur Surigao del Sur ( Surigaonon: ''Probinsya nan Surigao del Sur''; ceb, Habagatang Surigao; tl, Timog Surigao), officially the Province of Surigao del Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Caraga region in Mindanao. Its capital is T ...

(the city of Bislig and the municipalities of Barobo, Hinatuan,

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, San Agustin &

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) and Davao Oriental, Kamayo varies from one municipality to another. Lingiganons are quite different from other municipalities in the way they speak the Kamayo language. ''

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'' also reports that Kamayo is spoken in the

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Province border areas, and in Davao Oriental Province between

and

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Dialects

Kamayo is a language widely used by the Mandayas in the Davao Oriental areas. It is closely related to Tandaganon and Surigaonon. Dialect variations are caused by mixed dialect communications such as the

Cebuano language Cebuano (Cebuano
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in barangays Mangagoy and Pob. Bislig. The towns of Barobo, Hinatuan, and Lingig has a distinct version spoken. A suffix is usually added to most adjectives in the superlative form; for example, the word in Cebuano ('small') is while the word ('big') is spoken as in Bislig. Kamayo dialects can be classified as North Kamayo and South Kamayo.''Ethnologue''

Vocabulary

Common phrases

References

{{Languages of the Philippines Mansakan languages Languages of Surigao del Sur

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