Calamian Tagbanwa is spoken in the

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just north of

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. 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 Busuanga, 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 Busuanga 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