- Palawano language
language
name=Palawano
familycolor=Austronesian
states=Philippines
region=WesternVisayas
speakers=30,000
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
fam3=Borneo-Philippines|The Palawano languages are spoken on the island of
Palawan in the province ofPalawan in thePhilippines .There are actually three related, but not mutually intelligible, languages (each with a number of subdialects) which called themselves "Palawano" (called
Palawan in their own term; "Palawano" is a Spanish term used by outsiders.) [cite web
url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=91335
title= Ethnologue Entry Palawano Family
accessdate=2008-01-11]Populations are approximate. These there are:
*Brooke's Point Palawano: 14,367 speakers (ISO 639-3 code plw) [cite web
url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=plw
title= Ethnologue Entry "PLW"
accessdate=2008-01-11]
*Central Palawano: 12,000 speakers (ISO 639-3 code plc) [cite web
url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=plc
title= Ethnologue Entry "PLC"
accessdate=2008-01-11]
*Southwest Palawano: 12,000 speakers (ISO 639-3 code plv) [cite web
url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=plv
title= Ethnologue Entry "PLV"
accessdate=2008-01-11]The three Palawano languages are closely related to the following languages, as all stemming from a hypothezise "Proto-Palawan" language. They are not truly cognate, but share a fair amount of vocabulary:
*Batak (ISO 639-3 code bya) [cite web
url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bya
title= Ethnologue Entry "BYA"
accessdate=2008-01-11]
*Molbog (ISO 639-3 code pwm) [cite web
url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pwm
title= Ethnologue Entry "PWM"
accessdate=2008-01-11]
*Tagbanwa (ISO 639-3 code tbw) [cite web
url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tbw
title= Ethnologue Entry "TBW"
accessdate=2008-01-11]All are spoken predominantly in the Philippines.
References
Examples of language:
* [http://www.palawano.com/SubPeople7.asp Palawano.com Mission Site]
* [http://globalrecordings.net/language/4903 Gospel Recordings]
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=91335 Ethnolog entry]
* [http://language.psy.auckland.ac.nz/austronesian/language.php?id=494 Word List]
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