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Kamayo is a language spoken in Bislig City

Bislig City

Bislig City is a 3rd class city in the province of Surigao del Sur, Mindanao, Philippines. Bislig is approximately 208 kilometers northeast of Davao City, 152 kilometers south of Tandag City and 158 southeast of Butuan City...

and Tandag City then provinces of Surigao del Sur

Surigao del Sur

' is a province of the Philippines located in the CARAGA region in Mindanao. Its capital is Tandag City and borders Surigao del Norte to the north, Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur to the west, and Davao Oriental to the south...

, Davao del Norte

Davao del Norte

Davao del Norte , and once known simply as Davao, is a province of the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is Tagum City. It borders the province of Agusan del Sur to the north, Bukidnon to the west, Compostela Valley to the east, and the city of Davao to the south...

, Davao Oriental

Davao Oriental

Davao Oriental is a province of the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is Mati and borders Compostela Valley to the west, and Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur to the north. Davao Oriental is the easternmost province of the country with Pusan Point as the easternmost...

, Agusan del Sur

Agusan del Sur

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and partly in Agusan del Norte

Agusan del Norte

Agusan del Norte is a province of the Philippines located in the Caraga, a region in Mindanao. Its capital is Cabadbaran City and it borders Surigao del Norte to the north, Surigao del Sur to the east, Agusan del Sur to the south, and Misamis Oriental to the west...

and belong within the Austronesian language family. Being Malayo-Polynesian, it is related to other Austronesian languages such as Malagasy

Malagasy language

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, Javanese

Javanese language

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, Indonesian

Indonesian language

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, Malay

Malay language

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and Tetum (of East Timor). It is closely related to the languages like; Tausug

Tausug language

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, Butuanon

Butuanon

Butuanon may refer to:*The Butuanon language, an Austronesian language and member of the Visayan language family, spoken in the Philippines.*The Butuanon people, speakers of the Butuanon language....

, Surigaonon and Cebuano

Cebuano language

Cebuano, referred to by most of its speakers as Bisaya , is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 20 million people mostly in the Central Visayas. It is the most widely spoken of the languages within the so-named Bisayan subgroup and is closely related to other Filipino...

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Languages that have made significant influence and contributions to Kamayo vocabulary are especially English

English language

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, Spanish

Spanish language

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and Tagalog.

Kamayo language spoken mainly by the Mandaya also called Kamayo people in Eastern Mindanao and partly by the immigrants from Visayas

Visayas

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and Luzon

Luzon

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Common Phrases

Kamayo	Tagalog	English
Adi	Dito	Here
Adto	Doon	There
Ampan	Wala	Nothing
Aron	Meron	Have
Basi / Basin	Baka	Maybe
Butang	Lagay	Put
Hain	Saan	Where
Idtu	Ayon	That
Inday	Ewan	I Don't Know
Ini / Ngini	Ito	This
Itun	Ayan	That is
Kamang	Kuha	Take
Kinu	Kailan	When
Na-nga	Bakit	Why
Nan / Naan	Ano	What
Pila	Magkano	How Much
Sinu / Sin-u	Sino	Who
Tagi	Bigay	Give
Unuhon	Paano	How
Wara	Wala	None

See also