AMAZING LINGUISTIC FACTS ABOUT AKLANON

1. Aklanon has a relatively rare consonant or semivowel, which is spelled <e>  | called a "voiced velar approximant" by linguists.
SEE:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Voiced_velar_approximant.ogg
NOTE: It is not a voiced velar fricative [gamma] NOR a close-mid back unrounded vowel [baby gamma] NOR a velar "R".

2. Besides this rather unique sound, Aklanon's second claim to fame is words that are pronounced with a final -h. Unfortunately, these are never spelled out by Aklanon writers, but are clearly pronounced by Aklanon speakers.
> muhmuh 'crumbs of rice, scattered rice droppings'
> kahkah 'scratch at the ground (as fowl do)'
> pahpah 'foothold, foot rests in a tree for climbing'
> batoh  'stone, throw a stone' | batuhon, but also kababatwan (with h-loss, syllabic economy from *ka-CV-batuh-an)
> tuboh  'sugarcane' | katubuhan, but also katubwan (with h-loss)

3. Aklanon may be the only language in the world where the alphabet said in sequence is meaningful.
/a ba ka da ea ga ha i la ma na nga o pa ra sa ta u wa ya/
Aba ka, daeaga, ha? Ila' mana nga opa ra sa Ta'uwaya?
'Hop on my back, young lady, eh? Would you like, so to speak, that this rice chaff (go) to Ta'uwaya?'

4. The following words are more or less UNIQUE to Aklanon from the perspective of other Bisayan dialects and/or even most Philippine languages. Some of them are from etyma established by Robert Blust in his ACD, but cognates are not generally found in Aklanon's sister Southern Philippine languages.

> abo' 'many, lots of' UNIQUE | WBs *rake7 'many', CBs *rake7 'big'

> ag 'and' [Ceb, Hil kag, Tag at]

> agi' 'effeminate, unmasculine; homosexual' | Tag bakla', Ceb bayot

> ana 'his/her' < WBs *ana

> anda 'their' < WBs *anda

> anwang 'carabao, water buffalo' | NPh *nuwang < PAN *qaNuang 'large ruminant' | Note Hanunoo anwang 'Bubalus mindorensis Heude' Whereas most southern Philippine languages have borrowed Malay kerbau [kalabaw, karabaw], Aklanon is unique among Central and Southern Philippine languages in retaining this original word.

> angkit 'bite'

> bahoe 'big' < WBs *bahel

> buhay 'long (time)' < WBs *buhay | Contrast: Tag, Bik buhay 'live'

> bu'oe | bue7on 'get, go and get'

> busoe 'seed (of fruit)' < WBs *busul | Bs *lisu

> buyot | buytan 'hold'

> dagu'ob 'thunder' < WBs *dage7eb | Bis *dalegdeg

> dag'un 'year'

> dahi' 'forehead' < WBs *dahi7 < PAN *daqiS 'forehead; face' | Found in Formosa; note: Malay dahi | PCEMP *raqi, POC *raqe

> damoe 'thick' < WBs *damel | Bs *dakmel

> dana' 'that' [deic-2-topic] < WBs *dan + *na7

> danha' 'that' [deic-2-topic] < WBs *dan + *ha7

> dangae 'dull, blunt'

> daya 'this [deic-1-nom] < WBs *d(a)ya

> daywah 'two' < WBs *darwa | The <y> < *r and general shape is UNIQUE, otherwise < PAN *daduSa, PMP, PPH *daduha

> dueunggan 'ear' = 'the hearing place' *CV-dengeR-an | Also found in some Cebuano dialects | replaces PAN *Calingah 'ear'

> eaha' 'cook' < WBs *raha7 | Contrast PPH *lutuq

> eayo' 'far' < WBs *raye7

> eon 'now, already' [dp-completive] < WBs *ren

> eubog 'lie down' | NOT WBs *hingga7 < Bis *higda7 < PWMP *hizeRaq
Note: Kalamian lubug 'lie down'; Tag lubog 'set (of the sun)'

> habuy 'throw'

> haeuk 'swell'

> ham'an 'why?' | UNIQUE

> haro' 'kiss' | UNIQUE GLOTTAL FINAL < *hajek

> hibayag 'laugh' | UNIQUE but may be related to Tag bayag 'testicles' (i.e., English crude slang 'laughed one's balls off' = hi- + bayag) | WBs *kadlaw; otherwise Phil cognates come from PMP *tawa < PAN *Cawa

> higko' 'dirty'

> hilong 'drunk' < WBs *hileng 'intoxicated'

> hin'agah 'tomorrow' < WBs *hin7agah

> hinduna' 'later on' | UNIQUE

> hin-unuh 'when (future)?' | UNIQUE

> hipos 'quiet, silent' < WBs *hipes | CBs *hipes 'put away, store'

> imaw 'he/she' [pro-3-sg-topic] < WBs *imaw

> imaw 'thus, like' < WBs imaw < PPH *amu

> isaeah 'one' [in counting] < WBs *isara < PAN *isa + P?? *da

> it [cm-cn-obj-indefinite] < WBs *it < PPH iti [deic]

> kaeubot 'understand' | Many languages have borrowed [intindih] via Spanish entender | Otherwise cognates of PAN *bajaq, *kabajaq, or *mabajaq, or PMP *handem, or Bis *hibadu are widespread.

> kanday [cm-pn-pers-oblique-pl] < WBs *kanda-y

> kan-uh 'when (past)?' < *ka- [past] + *7anuh 'what?'

> kitid 'narrow'

> kumus 'squeeze (as clothes)'

> kunta' 'hopefully' [dp-wish] | Bs *kuntani'

> limog 'voice' < WBs *limeg 'say; voice'

> makaron 'today; now' | UNIQUE

> manaba' 'short (not tall)' < WBs *manaba7 | Bs *mubu7, *manubu7

> ma-u:nuh 'how?' < *ma- + *7unuh 'what?'

> nana 'his/her' < WBs *nana

> nanda 'their' < WBs *nanda

> nanday [cm-pn-pers-gen-pl] < WBs *sanda-y

> nanoh  'what?' | Cognates found in Atayal, Kanakanabu (Formosa) and Subanen (Mindanao)

> palibanaw 'wash up' < WBs *paribanaw

> pandiho'  'go the the toilet, defecate' | Kalamianic pandihu' 'bathe, take a bath' [via 'wash/bathe the anus']

> pam'an 'why?' | UNIQUE

> pisi' 'rope'

> pungku' 'sit'

> putut 'short'

> sabon 'maybe, perhaps' [dp-possibility] < WBs *saben

> sanda 'they' < WBs *sanda

> sanday [cm-pn-pers-topic-pl] < WBs *sanda-y

> sangkiri' 'small, little (amount)'

> sayud | kasayud | nasayran 'know (facts)'

> si'in  'where?' | UNIQUE | PAN *inu | Tagalog sa'an, Ceb di'in

> tabing 'touch'

> t'ana ~ it 'ana  'he/she' < WBs *it +'ana

> tag'od 'short (not long)' < WBs *tag7ed

> ta'o 'I don't know' [dp-ignorance] | UNIQUE WBs *ilam, Bs *ambut

> tapu-tapuh 'dust' | Cognates found in Formosa *Capuh 'sweep'

> tikang 'walk' | Usually *lakad or *lakat in other southern Philippine langauges.

> tubi' 'water' | UNIQUE GLOTTAL FINAL < *tubiR, usually [tubig] in Central Philippine languages. Replaces Austronesian *danum

> uyahon 'face' < WBs *uyahen

> uwa' 'none, there is not' | UNIQUE syncope of *a and loss of *d from *wada7