Cadasan language

The Cadasan language (Cadasan: Pahaca Cadasan) is an Austronesian language which is officially spoken in Cadasa, and is also commonly spoken in, , Baraltamuri, , , and parts of Daidieu, Valenzuela, the , and. It shares 60-65% of its vocabulary with, and is partially intelligible with that language.

History
Ancient Cadasan started out as a dialect of Malay. Starting in the 10-11th centuries, Classical Cadasan was used, and it started to diverge from Malay. Classical Cadasan was gradually abandoned in the 13-14th centuries, however it was used as a literacy language until the fall of the Cahaya dynasty in 1920. From the 14th centuries to the 17th, Middle Cadasan was used, after which it started to shape into Modern Cadasan, the language used today.

However, even though Cadasan was made the official language of Cadasa in 1920, it was reserved for the elite and government officials, and education of Cadasan in schools were poor. Most Cadasans spoke their own languages, like Malay, Tamil, or Mandarin. It wasn't until the 1960s that then-president Aarush Chiu vigorously promoted Cadasan as the lingua franca.

Grammar
Cadasan is an agglutinative language. Unlike Malaysian/Indonesian however, Cadasa uses gender, due to Ondalese influence. He = te, her = ta, they = tei, it = tia. Most verbs in Cadasan are gender-neutral, like English. For gendered verbs, here is a table of endings:

Vocabulary
"See also: List of loanwords in Cadasan"The vast majority of Cadasan vocabulary is borrowed from Malay. About 20-25% are borrowed from other languages like Tamil, Hokkien/Chinese, English, Nantungese, and various native languages. 15% are distincly Cadasan words.

Status and variaties
Cadasan is natively spoken and the official language in Cadasa. The Cadasan spoken around Selamat is considered to be the "standard variety" in Cadasan. There are also other varieties and dialects in Jazali, Camatanam/Nan Tung, Lang Cit, Krunghom, and the outerlying islands of Haql and the Cendang Islands.

In Baraltamuri, Cadasan is a recognized minority language, along with 103 indigenous languages. Before the 2010 constitutional amendments, Cadasan was one of three official languages of Baraltamuri, the others being Tufur, and Alyatak.