Kalagan
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A language of Philippines
70,000 (2021 SIL), decreasing. 7,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 68,400 (2010 census).
Davao region: Davao del Sur province, southwest of Davao city, inland along coast; Compostela Valley and Davao del Norte provinces, Samal and nearby islands, and inland on Davao gulf eastern shores; Davao Oriental province, highlands; Soccsksargen region: north Cotabato province. Western dialect: Davao region: Davao del Sur province (near Digos, Hagonoy), along the Western shore of the Davao Gulf; Davao City; Compostela Valley and Davao del Norte provinces, towards Tagum and all the way to Lupon. Eastern dialect: Davao Oriental province.
6b (Threatened).
VOS, VSO; prepositions; articles before adjectives, before numerals, before noun heads; question word in sentence-initial position; 3 maximum prefixes, 2 maximum suffixes.
Strong in communities that are mainly Kalagan, but in mixed communities speakers tend to use Cebuano [ceb]. Youth bilingual in Cebuano, some are losing Kalagan ability. Home, neighborhood, religion. Some young people, all adults. Youth only in solid Kalagan communities. Also use Cebuano [ceb]. Sample showed high proficiency with narratives in Cebuano. Also use English [eng]. Also use Tagalog [tgl]. Used as L2 by Koronadal Blaan [bpr], Tausug [tsg].
Muslim.