Kalagan

Facts

  • Language: Kalagan
  • Alternate names: Kaagan, Kalagan, Minuslim, Kinalagan
  • Language code: kqe
  • Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Mansakan, Western Mansakan, Kagan-Kalagan
  • Number of speakers: 70000
  • Script:

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    Introduction

    Kalagan is a language of Philippines. It is spoken in Mindanao, Davao del Sur and Davao, Compostela Valley, and Davao Oriental provinces, east and west shores of Davao gulf. Isamal dialect: Samal Island; Western dialect: Davao Oriental Province, Lupon along the gulf down to Hagonoy and Guihing near Digos city; Eastern dialect: mainly Davao Oriental Province.

    Dialects

    Eastern Kalagan, Isamal, Western Kalagan. Lexical similarity: 72% with Kagan (See: Kalagan, Kagan?), 74% with Mansaka (See: Mansaka), 83% with Mandaya (See: Mandaya?).

    The Kalagan Verb

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