Agutaynen language

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Agutaynen
Native to Philippines
Region Mimaropa
Native speakers
19,608 [1]  (2010) [2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 agn
Glottolog agut1237

The Agutaynen language is spoken on Agutaya Island in the province of Palawan in the Philippines.

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Distribution

Caabay & Melvin (2014: 1-2) [3] note that Agutaynen is spoken by about 15,000 people on Agutaya Island and six of the smaller of the smaller Cuyo Islands, namely Diit, Maracañao, Matarawis, Algeciras, Concepcion, and Quiniluban. After World War II, Agutaynen speakers were also moved to San Vicente, Roxas, Brooke’s Point, Balabac, Linapacan, and Puerto Princesa City municipalities on Palawan Island.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
Nasal m n ŋ
Fricative s h
Rhotic r ~ ɾ
Lateral l
Approximant w j

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i ɨ o ~ u
Mid
Open a

Grammar

Pronouns

The following set of pronouns are the pronouns found in the Agutaynen language. Note: the direct/nominative case is divided between full and short forms.

Agutaynen pronouns [4]
 Direct/NominativeIndirect/GenitiveOblique
1st person singularyo (o)oyɨn
2nd person singularyawa (a)monio
3rd person singulartanandiananandia
1st person plural inclusiveitatayatɨn
1st person plural exclusiveyami (ami)amɨnyamɨn
2nd person pluralyamo (amo)minindio
3rd person pluraltaniraniranira

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References

  1. "2010 Census of Population and Housing, Report No. 2A: Demographic and Housing Characteristics (Non-Sample Variables) - Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. Agutaynen at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. 1 2 Caabay, Marilyn A. and Melissa S. Melvin. 2014. Agutaynen–English Dictionary with Grammar Sketch. Special Monograph Issue, Number 58. Linguistic Society of the Philippines.
  4. Quakenbush, J. Stephen; Ruch, Edward (2006). Pronoun Ordering and Marking in Kalamianic (PDF). Paper presented at the Tenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, 17–20 January 2006, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippine. Retrieved 26 May 2020.

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