Porohanon language
| Porohanon | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Central Visayas (Camotes Islands, Cebu) |
Native speakers | (23,000 cited 1960)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | prh |
| Glottolog | poro1253 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Porohanon is a regional Bisayan language spoken in the Camotes Islands in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. Its closest relatives are Hiligaynon, Capiznon and Masbateño; it is barely intelligible with Cebuano though it shares 87% of its vocabulary with it[2] and even less intelligible with Waray. It also retains many older features that Cebuano has lost, such as the use of the genitive marker ahead of the second member of a compounded form, the distinction between a definite and indefinite subject marker, and the distinction between a definite genitive marker and a locative one.[1]
Phonology
[edit | edit source]| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t d | k ɡ | ʔ | |
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
| Fricative | s z | h | |||
| Trill | r | ||||
| Approximant | w | l | j |
Porohanon has three vowels: /i/, /a/ and /u/. They are contrasted by length.[1][3]
References
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