The Kalamian languages are a small cluster of languages spoken in the Philippines: Calamian Tagbanwa and Agutaynen. Other languages called Tagbanwa, the Aborlan Tagbanwa language and Central Tagbanwa language are members of the Palawanic languages.
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| Geographic distribution | islands between Mindoro and Palawan |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| Glottolog | kala1389 |
These are among the few languages of the Philippines which continue to be written in indigenous scripts, though mostly for poetry.[citation needed]
![Kalamian [blue] languages of Palawan](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Palawanic_and_Kalamian_languages.png/220px-Palawanic_and_Kalamian_languages.png)
The Kalamian languages are a primary branch of the Philippine language family.[1]
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