Kamayo (Kinamayo or alternatively spelled Camayo), also called Kadi, Kinadi, or Mandaya, is a minor Austronesian language of the central eastern coast of Mindanao in the Philippines.
Distribution Spoken in some areas of Surigao del Sur (the city of Bislig and the municipalities of Barobo, Hinatuan, Lingig, Tagbina, Lianga, San Agustin & Marihatag) and Davao Oriental, Kamayo varies from one municipality to another. Lingiganons are quite different from other municipalities in the way they speak the Kamayo language. Ethnologue also reports that Kamayo is spoken in the Agusan del Sur Province border areas, and in Davao Oriental Province between Lingig and Boston.
Dialects Kamayo is a language widely used by the Mandayas in the Davao Oriental areas. It is closely related to Tandaganon and Surigaonon. Dialect variations are caused by mixed dialect communications such as the Cebuano language in barangays Mangagoy and Pob. Bislig. The towns of Barobo, Hinatuan, and Lingig has a distinct version spoken. A suffix is usually added to most adjectives in the superlative form; for example, the word in Cebuano ('small') is while the word ('big') is spoken as in Bislig.
Kamayo dialects can be classified as North Kamayo and South Kamayo.Ethnologue
Phonology +VowelsFrontCentralBackClose Near-closeOpen () /ɔ/ is only heard in a diphthong, /ɔi/. +ConsonantsLabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalNasalPlosivevoicelessvoicedFricativeRhoticApproximant
Vocabulary Common phrases Kamayo Tagalog English Here There Nothing Have / Maybe Put Where That I don't know / This That is Take When Good Ugly Why / What How much / Who Give How None Child Old person Nose Yes No Face Hand Foot Thigh Hot
See also Languages of the Philippines
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