Kamayo language
Kamayo | |
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Native to | Philippines |
Region | Surigao del Sur and Davao Oriental |
Ethnicity | Kamayo people Mandayas |
Native speakers | 360,000 (2000 census)[1] |
Austronesian
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ISO 639-3 | kyk |
Glottolog | kama1363 |
Kamayo (Kinamayo or alternatively spelled Camayo), also called Kadi, Kinadi, or Mandaya, is a minor Austronesian language of the central eastern coast of Mindanao in the Philippines.
Distribution
Spoken in some areas of Surigao del Sur (the city of Bislig and the municipalities of Barobo, Hinatuan, Lingig, Tagbina, Lianga, San Agustin & Marihatag) and Davao Oriental, Kamayo varies from one municipality to another. Lingiganons are quite different from other municipalities in the way they speak the Kamayo language. Ethnologue also reports that Kamayo is spoken in the Agusan del Sur Province border areas, and in Davao Oriental Province between Lingig and Boston.
Dialects
Kamayo is a language widely used by the
Kamayo dialects can be classified as North Kamayo and South Kamayo.[2]
Vocabulary
Common phrases
Kamayo | Tagalog | English |
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Adi / Ngani | Dito | Here |
Ngadto | Doon | There |
Ampan / Wara | Wala | Nothing |
Aron | Meron | Have |
Basi / Basin | Baka | Maybe |
Butang | Lagay | Put |
Hain | Saan | Where |
Idtu | Ayon | That |
Inday | Ewan | I don't know |
Ini / Ngini | Ito | This |
Itun | Ayan | That is |
Kamang | Kuha | Take |
Kinu | Kailan | When |
Madayaw | Mabuti | Good |
Maraat | Pangit | Ugly |
Nanga sa | Bakit | Why |
Unaan / Naan | Ano | What |
Pila | Magkano | How much |
Sinu / Sin-u | Sino | Who |
Tagi | Bigay | Give |
Unuhon | Paano | How |
Wara | Wala | None |
Isu | Bata | Child |
hinuod | Matanda | Old person |
Irong | Ilong | Nose |
Huo | Oo | Yes |
Diri | Hindi | No |
Bayho | Mukha | Face |
Alima | Kamay | Hand |
Siki | Paa | Foot |
Paa | Hita | Thigh |
Pasu-ay | Mainit | Hot |
See also
References
- ^ Kamayo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Ethnologue
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