Kamigin language

{{Short description|Manobo language spoken in the Philippines}} {{Infobox language |name=Kamigin |nativename=''Kinamigin'' |states=Philippines |region=Camiguin |speakers={{sigfig|26700|2}} |date=2000 census |ref=e18 |familycolor=Austronesian |fam2=Malayo-Polynesian |fam3=Philippine |fam4=Greater Central Philippine |fam5=Manobo |fam6=North |iso3=mkx |glotto=cina1236 |glottorefname=Cinamiguin Manobo }}

The '''Kamigin''' language, '''''Kinamigin''''' (Quinamiguin) is a Manobo language spoken on the island of Camiguin in the Philippines. It is declining as most inhabitants have shifted to Cebuano.

==Grammar== ''Ethnologue'' lists the following grammatical features for Kinamiging.

*VOS, VSO word order *prepositions *genitives after noun heads *articles, adjectives, and numerals before noun heads *relatives after noun heads *question word in sentence-initial position *word order distinguishes subjects, objects and indirect objects in some structures, word order distinguishes given and new information, topic and comment *affixes do not indicate case of noun phrases *verb affixes mark number *passives *causatives *comparatives

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Manobo languages Category:Languages of Camiguin