Cagayanen

E712057

Cagayanen is an Austronesian language spoken by the Cagayanen people of Cagayan de Sulu and nearby areas in the southern Philippines.

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Label Occurrences
Cagayanen canonical 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Philippine language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo other Philippine languages
country Philippines
ethnicGroup Cagayanen people
hasAlternativeName Cagayanen language
Cagayano
hasGrammarType Austronesian alignment features
verb–initial word order tendency
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
typical Philippine-type consonant inventory
hasSpeakers Cagayanen people
hasStatus minority language in the Philippines
ISO639-3 cgc
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
region Cagayan de Sulu
Palawan
Sulu Sea area
linked to: Sulu Sea
spokenAlong coastal communities of Cagayan de Sulu
spokenByMinorityIn nearby islands in the Sulu Sea
spokenIn Cagayan de Sulu
Palawan province
linked to: Province of Palawan

Philippines
southern Philippines
usedFor daily communication
local trade
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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

Mapun alternateName Cagayanen