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

Vowels +Central Tagbanwa vowels FrontCentral Back CloseOpen 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.

+Central Tagbanwa personal pronouns Direct/Nominative Indirect/Genitive Oblique 1st person singular ()2nd person singular () ()3rd person singular ()1st person plural inclusive1st person plural exclusive 2nd person plural 3rd person plural The demonstratives are as follows. +Central Tagbanwa demonstratives Direct/Nominative Indirect/Genitive Oblique near speaker , near addresseefar away ,

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