Alternate Names: Cagayano, Kagay-anen, Kinagayanen
Dialects: Calamian Kagayanen.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 30,000 (2007 SIL), increasing. Few monolinguals. Ethnic population: 30,000 (2007 SIL). L2 users: Government workers or church workers, teachers.
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. Some oral use in local administration, commerce, religion, some schools. Letters, oral literature. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Cuyonon [cyo], English [eng], Filipino [fil], Hiligaynon [hil].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 85%. Literacy rate in L2: 75% Hiligaynon, Filipino, Cuyunon, Kinaray-a, Cebuano. Tendency to believe reading is in Filipino [fil] or English [eng]. Kagayanen used for speaking (2007 SIL). Taught in primary and secondary schools. Poetry. Newspapers. Radio programs. Videos. Dictionary. NT: 2007.
Typology: VSO; prepositions; genitives after noun heads; articles, adjectives, numerals all before noun heads; relatives (and relative clauses) after noun heads; question word in sentence-initial position; 2 maximum number of suffixes, 1 prefix; word order distinguishes subjects, objects and indirect objects, given and new information, topic and comment; affixes do not indicate case of noun phrases; passives; causatives; comparatives; ergativity; CV, CCV, CVC, CCVC (V and VC with glottal initial); nontonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Philippines
Other Comments: A growing number are moving to cities for economic improvement, education. Christian, traditional religion.