Kalagan, Kagan

A language of Philippines

ISO 639: kll
Alternate Names: Kaagan, Kagan, Kagan Kalagan
Population: 500 (2005 UNSD).
Location:: Davao region: Davao del Sur province, near Digos city.
Language Status: 6b* (Threatened).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Mansakan, Western
Dialects: 82% intelligibility with Kalagan [kqe] dialect.
Typology: VOS, VSO; prepositions; genitives before noun heads; articles before adjectives, before and after numerals, before noun heads; relatives after noun heads; question word in sentence-initial position; 3 maximum prefixes, 2 maximum suffixes; word order distinguishes subjects, objects and indirect objects when case does not, word order distinguishes given and new information, topic and comment; affixes do not indicate case of noun phrases; verb affixes mark number; ergativity; passives; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVC, CVV, CVVC; nontonal.
Language Use: Positive attitudes. Also use Cebuano [ceb].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: Perhaps 60%. Literature. Bible portions: 1982.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Kalagan, Kagan
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Davao region: Davao del Sur province, near Digos city.