Palawanic languages
The Palawanic languages are a subgroup in the Greater Central Philippine-family spoken on the island of Palawan and nearby islets.
| Palawanic | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Palawan |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
| Glottolog | pala1354 |
Languages
Palawanic [red] languages of Palawan
The Palawanic languages are:
- Palawano (a dialect cluster)
- Aborlan Tagbanwa
- Central Tagbanwa (not to be confused with Kalamian Tagbanwa)
- Batak (not to be confused with the Batak languages)
- Tau't Batu[1][2]
Molbog may also be in this group, closest to Palawano.[3][4]
Reconstruction
Proto-Palawanic has been reconstructed by Thiessen (1980).[3]
References
- Lobel, Jason William (2013). Philippine and North Bornean languages: Issues in Description, Subgrouping, and Reconstruction (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
- Reid, Lawrence A. (2018). "Modeling the Linguistic Situation in the Philippines". In Kikusawa, Ritsuko; Reid, Lawrence A. (eds.). Let’s Talk about Trees: Genetic Relationships of Languages and Their Phylogenic Representation. Senri Ethnological Studies, 98. pp. 91–105. doi:10.15021/00009006.
- Thiessen, Henry Arnold (1980). Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Palawan' (MA thesis). University of Texas at Arlington.
- Smith, Alexander (2017). The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Further reading
- Zorc, R. David. (1972a). Palawano Notes.
- Zorc, R. David. (1972b). Tagbanwa (Northern) Notes.
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