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Romblomanon language

Romblomanon language

Bisayan language spoken in the Philippines


Romblomanon or Bisaya/Binisaya nga Romblomanon is an Austronesian regional language spoken, along with Asi and Onhan, in the province of Romblon in the Philippines. The language is also called Ini, Tiyad Ini, Basi, Niromblon, and Sibuyanon. It is a part of the Bisayan language family and is closely related to other Philippine languages.

Quick Facts Native to, Region ...

Geographic distribution

Specifically, Romblomanon is spoken in the following islands on Romblon:

Phonology

Consonants

More information Labial, Alveolar ...

Romblomanon is one of the Philippine languages that do not exhibit [ɾ][d] allophony.

Vowels

More information Front, Central ...
  • Phonetic variations of /i, u/ with sounds [e, o] are said to occur.[2]

Grammar

Pronouns

Personal

More information Absolutive, Ergative ...

Demonstrative pronouns

More information Absolutive, Ergative/Oblique ...

In addition to this, there are two verbal deictics, karí, meaning 'come to speaker', and kadto, meaning 'to go yonder'.

Interrogative words

More information English, Example ...

Examples

Loan words

Numbers

More information Number ...

Common expressions

More information Tagalog, English ...

References

  1. Romblomanon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Newell, Leonard E.; Tabardilla, Emilia (2006). Romblomanon dictionary. Linguistic Society of the Philippines.

Further reading


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