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A subset of Central Philippine languages display three primary aspects which can be termed perfective, progressive and prospective.20 The three way distinction may arise from two atomic features corresponding to reflexes of *<in> and *CV reduplication, as in (22). (22) atomic features <in> BEGUN. CV~ IMPERFECTIVE.
grea1284. The Greater Central Philippine languages are a proposed subgroup of the Austronesian language family, defined by the change of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *R to *g. They are spoken in the central and southern parts of the Philippines, eastern and western parts of Sabah, Malaysia and in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. [1]
- Proto-Greater Central Philippine
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The Central Philippine languages are the most geographically widespread demonstrated group of languages in the Philippines, being spoken in southern Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, and Sulu. They are also the most populous, including Tagalog (and Filipino ), Bikol, and the major Visayan languages Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Kinaray-a, and Tausug ...
- Proto-Central Philippine
The Central Luzon microgroup of Philippine languages is composed of Kapam pangan, Sinauna, the three major dialects of Sambal, and the Ayta languages. spoken in and around the Zambales Mountains in Zambales, Pampanga, and. Bataan provinces. A defining phonological feature of this group is the regular lyl reflex of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *R.
reduced the system even further to a three vowel system (/a, i, u/), as found in many Central Philippine languages. 2 The following changes, among others, distinguish the SB languages from all their Philippine neighbors: PMP *R>h, gemination of onsets following PMP *e, vowel lowering before *ʔ, and final devoicing. Blust (2007) shows
Tagalog is a member of the Central Philippine subgroup of Philippine languages, forming part of the Western-Malayo-Polynesian set of Austronesian languages. It belongs in a subgroup with Bikol, Bisayan and Mansakan languages and was originally probably native to the eastern Visayas or northeast Mindanao in the Central Philippines (Zorc 1993).
