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The Book of Jonah and Ruth in Cuyonon Language
Ang Libro ni Jonah ig ni Ruth
Color Map and Illustrations and Study Foot Notes and Book Introductions
Native to the Philippines
Publisher: Translation Association of the Philippines
In Cooperation with Cuyonon Translation Council
Paperback
Printed in 2016 in Philippines
1,000 Copies Printed
ISBN 9789718604786
26 Pages
Cuyonon is a regional Visayan language spoken on the coast of Palawan, and the Cuyo Islands in the Philippines. Cuyonon had been the lingua franca (language used for communication) of the province of Palawan until recently when migration flow from Southern Tagalog region rapidly increased.
43% of the total population of Palawan during the late 1980s spoke and used Cuyonon as a language. Later studies showed a significant decrease in the number of speakers due to an increase of Tagalog-speaking immigrants from Luzon.
The Cuyonon language is classified by the Summer Institute of Linguistics as belonging to the Central Philippine, Western Visayan, Kuyan subgroup. The largest number of speakers lives in the Cuyo Group of Islands, which is located between Northern Palawan and Panay Island.
| Cuyonon | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Palawan coast, Cuyo Islands between Palawan, and Panay |
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Native speakers
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(120,000 cited 1990 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cyo |
| Glottolog | cuyo1237[2] |
