Kagayanen language

The Kagayanen language is spoken in the province of Palawan in the Philippines. It belongs to the Manobo subgroup of the Austronesian language family and is the only member of this subgroup that is not spoken on Mindanao or nearby islands.

Distribution
Kagayanen is spoken in the following areas:
 * Palawan Province: Cagayancillo Island between Negros and Palawan
 * Palawan coastal communities
 * southern Palawan: Balabac Island
 * northern Palawan: Busuanga and Coron
 * other areas around the Philippines: Iloilo Province; Silay, Negros; Manila; Quezon and Rizal areas

Phonology
occurs only in loan words, proper names, or in words that have in the cognates of neighboring languages. Outside of loanwords, becomes  between vowels.

Comparative and historical evidence suggests that and  were in complementary distribution before a split occurred likely with pressure from contact with English, Spanish, and Tagalog.

ranges between and, except in unstressed syllables (as well as before consonant clusters) where it lowers to  or. Similarly, lowers to  in unstressed syllables, before consonant clusters, and word-finally. It is otherwise.