Cataduaño

Cataduaño is the common name of the Spanish Creole language of Cataduanes. It is a descendent of the ancient and extinct Merdicasian language which was itself a Malayo-Polynesian Language, and the ancient tongue retains Merdicasian as its substrate language. The vocabulary is predominantly derived from the Spanish language, while grammar is mostly based on Merdicasian and to a lesser extent Mahabeño. It is the Official language of the Islands and is the language ofthe majority of Cataduanes citizens.