Kamigin language

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The Kamigin language, Kinamigin (Quinamiguin) is a Manobo language spoken on the island of Camiguin in the Philippines. It is declining as most inhabitants have shifted to Cebuano.

Kamigin
Kinamigin
Native toPhilippines
RegionCamiguin
Native speakers
27,000 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mkx
Glottologcina1236

Grammar

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Ethnologue lists the following grammatical features for Kinamiging.

  • VOS, VSO word order
  • prepositions
  • genitives after noun heads
  • articles, adjectives, and numerals before noun heads
  • relatives after noun heads
  • question word in sentence-initial position
  • word order distinguishes subjects, objects and indirect objects in some structures, word order distinguishes given and new information, topic and comment
  • affixes do not indicate case of noun phrases
  • verb affixes mark number
  • passives
  • causatives
  • comparatives

References

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  1. ^ Kamigin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)