Ratagnon (also translated as Latagnon or Datagnon, and Aradigi) is a regional language spoken by the Ratagnon people, an indigenous group from Occidental Mindoro. It is a part of the Bisayan language family and is closely related to other Philippine languages. Its speakers are shifting to Tagalog. In 2000, there were only two to five speakers of the language. However, in 2010 Ethnologue had reported there were 310 new speakers. Classification Ratagnon is closely related to the Cuyonon language, a Bisayan language spoken in the Cuyo Archipelago just to the south of Mindoro. This may be brought about by migrations of Cuyonons to the southern tip of Mindoro, akin to their migrations to mainland Palawan, a very much gradual process. It could be inferred that these migrations happened at an earlier date before the migrations to mainland Palawan started (around the mid- to late 19th century) due to its diversion from the Cuyonon language (Given that Ratagnon descended from an older language spoken in the general area West of Panay, Ratagnon and Cuyonon are classified under Kuyan), whereas the Cuyonon of mainland Palawan, Calamian and that of the Cuyo itself remain the same language with relatively little dialectal difference. Distribution According to the Ethnologue, Ratagnon is spoken in the southernmost extreme tip of Mindoro islands, including the municipalities of Magsaysay and Bulalacao. Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro lists the following locations. lower Caguray River near Santa Teresa, Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro San Nicolas, Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro Bamban, Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro Vocabulary Barbian (1977) provides lexical and phonological data for Ratagnon. In contrast to Cuyonon, Ratagnon dropped the schwa sound, instead opting for a u/o sound. It too borrowed lexical terms from the languages of its Mangyan neighbors and to a lesser extent Spanish It is notable in Barbian's Mangyan – English Vocabulary, Ratagnon might have already experienced heavy Tagalization, present in words such as 'heart', in Cuyonon, albeit in Ratagnon, same with Tagalog's . The word 'why', in Cuyonon, is noted as and in Ratagnon, ( + ) being a loan from Tagalog, and , a Hanunuo Ambahan term ( being non-Ambahan), perhaps inferring that is a loan from Ratagnon, as Ambahans have been known to use archaic Hanunuo terms and loans from various languages, one being Ratagnon. This phenomenon is also observed in the Hanunuo traditions of Urukay, perhaps closely related to the Erekay of the Cuyonons, both being