Palawano, Central

PLC

developing

Alternate Names: Palawanen, Palaweño, Quezon Palawano

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 82% with Brooke’s Point Palawano ,, 78% with Southwest Palawano ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine
Greater Central Philippine
Palawanic

Demographics: 12,000 (1981 UBS). 40,500 all Palawano (1990 census).

Language Use: Low comprehension of Filipino [fil].

Language Development: NT: 1964.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Philippines