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Kalagan is an Austronesian dialect cluster of the Davao Region of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is also spoken in a few parts of Caraga, still in Mindanao.

Distribution

Ethnologue lists the following locations for Kalagan.

• Davao del Sur Province: southwest of Davao City, along inland coasts
• Compostela Valley and Davao del Norte provinces: including Samal and associated islands, and inland on eastern shores of Davao Gulf
• Davao Oriental Province highlands

Kalagan dialects are:

• Isamal dialect: spoken in Samal, Davao del Norte
• Western Kalagan: spoken in Davao Oriental Province
• Lupon: spoken in Davao del Sur Province, along the gulf down to Hagonoy and Guihing near Digos
• Eastern Kalagan: spoken mainly in Davao Oriental Province

Other dialects include the Kagan Kalagan which is spoken near Digos in Davao del Sur Province where there are 6,000 speakers, and the Tagakaulo which is spoken mainly in Davao del Sur Province (western shore of Davao Gulf, from Digos south to Bugis and inland), Sarangani Province (Malungon Municipality), and also in Sultan Kudarat (Columbio municipality) and South Cotabato (Tampakan) provinces.

Phonology

Consonants

• /d/ can have an allophone of in intervocalic positions.

Vowels

• /ɨ/ can be heard as in word-final stressed syllables when preceding /ʔ/.
• /i, a/ can be heard as in closed syllables.
• /ɛ/ is heard as when after /m/.
• /u/ is heard as in word-final position.

References

1. Kalagan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Kagan Kalagan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Tagakaulu Kalagan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Wendel, Asa & Dag (1978). Kaagan-Kalagan phonemic statement. Studies in Philippine Linguistics 2. pp. 191–203.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

• Mansakan languages
• Languages of Davao del Norte
• Languages of Davao del Sur
• Languages of Davao Occidental
• Languages of Davao Oriental
• Languages of Davao de Oro