Porohanon language

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Bisayan language

Porohanon

Native to

Philippines

Region

Central
Visayas (Camotes Islands, Cebu)

Native speakers

(23,000 cited 1960)[1]

Language
family

Austronesian

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Malayo-Polynesian

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Central Philippine

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Bisayan

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Central Bisayan

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Porohanon

Language
codes

ISO 639-3

prh

Glottolog

poro1253

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]
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]

Consonants of Porohanon[3]

Bilabial

Alveolar

Palatal

Velar

Labial–velar

Glottal

Plosive

p b

t d

k ɡ

ʔ

Nasal

m

n

ŋ

Sibilant fricative

s z

Non-sibilant fricative

h

Approximant

j

w

Trill

r

Lateral approximant

l

Porohanon has three vowels: /i/, /a/ and /u/. They are contrasted by length.[1][3]

References[edit]

^ Jump up to: a
b
c Wolff, John U. (1967). "History of the Dialect of the
Camotes Islands, Philippines, and the Spread of Cebuano Bisayan".
Oceanic Linguistics. 6 (2): 63–79. Retrieved 8
July 2022.

^ Porohanon at Ethnologue
(18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

^ Jump up to: a
b

Santiago, Vincent Christopher (May 2018). "Porohanon
phonology: An acoustic description". 28th Southeast Asian
Linguistics Society Conference.
Retrieved 8 July 2022.

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Bisayan languages

Asi

Asi

Cebuan

Cebuano

Boholano

Old Cebuano

Central

Romblomanon

Warayan

Baybayanon

Kinabalian

Waray

South Sorsogon (Gubat)

Peripheral

Ati

Bantayanon

Capiznon

Hiligaynon

Porohanon

Masbateño

North Sorsogon (Masbate)

West

Aklanon

Caluyanon

Kinaray-a

Onhan

Kuyan

Cuyonon

Ratagnon

South

Surigaonon

Butuan-Tausug

Butuanon

Tausug

(unclassified)

Karolanos

Magahat

See also: Visayan peoples

* indicates proposed
status

? indicates
classification dispute

† indicates extinct status

This page was last edited on 26 November 2022, at 12:19 (UTC).

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