Palawano, Southwest

PLV

vigorous

Dialects: None known. Intelligibility of Central Palawano , 75%, of Brooke’s Point Palawano , 76%. Lexical similarity: 85% with Brooke’s Point Palawano ,, 78% with Central Palawano ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine
Greater Central Philippine
Palawanic

Demographics: 12,000 (2005 W. Davis).

Language Use: Low comprehension of Filipino [fil].

Language Development: Bible portions.

Nation of Origin: Philippines