Agutaynen language

Agutaynen
Agutaynen
Native to	Philippines
Region	Mimaropa
Native speakers	19,608 (2010)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Kalamian Agutaynen; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	agn
Glottolog	agut1237

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

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
Plosive	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			o ~ u
Open		a

/o/ can fluctuate to sounds of [o], [ʊ], [u].^[3]

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/Nominative	Indirect/Genitive	Oblique
1st person singular	yo (o)	o	yɨn
2nd person singular	yawa (a)	mo	nio
3rd person singular	tanandia	na	nandia
1st person plural inclusive	ita	ta	yatɨn
1st person plural exclusive	yami (ami)	amɨn	yamɨn
2nd person plural	yamo (amo)	mi	nindio
3rd person plural	tanira	nira	nira

References

^ "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.
^ Agutaynen at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b Caabay, Marilyn A. and Melissa S. Melvin. 2014. Agutaynen–English Dictionary with Grammar Sketch. Special Monograph Issue, Number 58. Linguistic Society of the Philippines.
^ 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.

Bibliography

Quakenbush, J. Stephen, comp. 1999. "Agutaynen texts. Studies in Agutaynen, Part I". In: Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures 11 (1): 7–88. available online from SIL

External links

Agutaynen-English Dictionary online dictionary (SIL Philippines)

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[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.

[e18-2] Agutaynen at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[:0-3] 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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