Editing Camiguin (section)

==Etymology==
The name ''Camiguin'' is derived from the native word ''[[Diospyros blancoi|Kamagong]]'', a species of [[ebony]] tree that thrives near [[Lake Mainit]] in the province of [[Surigao del Norte]], in the mainland Mindanao, where the earlier inhabitants of the islands, the [[Manobo languages|Manobos]], originated. [[Kinamigin language|Kamigin]], the local dialect of Camiguin, is the northernmost variant of the [[Manobo languages]].<ref>[http://www.language-archives.org/item/oai:ethnologue.com:mkx "Manobo, Cinamiguin a language of the Philippines"]. [[OLAC]] Record. Retrieved on April 27, 2012.</ref>

An earlier Spanish geography book spells the island as ''Camiguing''. There is reason to suppose the Spaniards dropped the final ''g'',<ref name="Becker" />{{rp|42}} given how the [[Spanish phonology|phoneme]] {{IPA|/ŋ/}} does not exist in [[Spanish language in the Philippines|Spanish]]. Today it is rendered as ''Camiguín''.