Cuyoño

E681256

Cuyoño is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Cuyo Islands and parts of Palawan in the Philippines.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cuyoño canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Philippine language
closelyRelatedTo Capiznon
Hiligaynon
linked to: Hiligaynon language

Kinaray-a
country Philippines
ethnicGroup Cuyonon
geographicDistribution Cuyo Islands in the Sulu Sea
coastal areas of Palawan
hasAlternativeName Cuyo language
Cuyonon
hasDialect Cuyo Island variety
Palawan variety
hasGrammarFeature Austronesian alignment
use of enclitic particles
hasISOCode ISO 639-3: cyo
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Hiligaynon
linked to: Hiligaynon language

Spanish
Tagalog
hasNeighborLanguage Calamian Tagbanwa
linked to: Calamian

Palawano languages
Tagalog
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (limited)
five-vowel system (approximate)
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageGroup Central Philippine languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
overlapsWith Hiligaynon-speaking communities in Western Visayas
Tagalog-speaking areas of Palawan
partOf Philippine linguistic heritage
primaryArea Cuyo Archipelago
linked to: Cuyo Islands

Northern Palawan
region Mimaropa
spokenIn Cuyo Islands
Palawan
Philippines
status regional language in the Philippines
typologicalFeature focus-based voice system
rich verbal morphology
verb–initial word order
usedBy Cuyonon people
usedIn daily communication
folk songs
local media
local religious practices
oral storytelling
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.