Central Tagbanwa language


Central Tagbanwa is spoken on Palawan Island in the Philippines. It is not mutually intelligible with the other languages of the Tagbanwa people.

Phonology

Consonants

  • preceding a high front vowel is usually realized as an affricate sound.
  • tend to shift to uvular sounds when adjacent to.

    Vowels

  • is usually a high central vowel sound, although it is occasionally moved further back to, or lowered to.
  • An sound is often heard when two back vowels are adjacent to one another, or as an allophone of.

    Grammar

Pronouns

The following set of pronouns are the personal pronouns found in the Central Tagbanwa language. Note: some forms are divided between full and short forms.
Direct/NominativeIndirect/GenitiveOblique
1st person singularakokokakɨn
2nd person singularkawa mokanimo
3rd person singularkanyaniya kanya
1st person plural inclusivekitatakatɨn
1st person plural exclusivekamikamɨnkamɨn
2nd person pluralkamomikanimi
3rd person pluraltilanilakanila

The demonstratives are as follows.
Direct/NominativeIndirect/GenitiveOblique
near speakerlitokalitokaito, kito
near addresseelayankalayan
far awaylitikalitiatan, doon