Palawano, Brooke’s Point

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ISO 639-3
plw
Alternate Names
Brooke’s Point Palawan, Palawan, Palawanun, Palaweño, Pelaꞌwan, Pelewan, Pinalawan, Pinelawan
Autonym
Palawano
User Population

14,400 (2000). 44,800 all Palawano (2005 UNSD).

Location

MIMAROPA region: southeast Palawan island, south of Abu Abu to Bataraza, mostly along upland rivers, some along the coast.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Palawanic
Dialects

South Palawano (Bugsuk Palawano). Intelligibility of Central Palawano [plc] 76%; of Southwest Palawano [plv] 68%. Lexical similarity: 82% with Quezon Palawano [plc] (Central), 85% with Southwest Palawano [plv], 83% with South Palawano.

Language Use

Also use Filipino [fil], but with low comprehension.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 10%. Literacy rate in L2: 10% in Filipino [fil] (2007 SIL). Dictionary. NT: 2013.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Palawano, Brooke’s Point
Writing

Latin script [Latn].