Kamigin language

Kamigin
Kamigin
Kinamigin
Native to	Philippines
Region	Camiguin
Native speakers	27,000 (2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Manobo North Kamigin; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mkx
Glottolog	cina1236

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.

Grammar[edit]

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[edit]

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

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