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Asi[1]

Native to

Philippines

Region

Romblon

Native speakers

75,000 (2011)[2]

Language
family

Austronesian

·
Malayo-Polynesian

o    Philippine

§
Central Philippine

§
Visayan

§
Asi[1]

Language
codes

ISO 639-3

bno

Glottolog

bant1288[3]

Asi language map based
on Ethnologue

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The Asi language[4] is a regional
Visayan language spoken, along with Romblomanon and Onhan, in the province of Romblon, Philippines.
Asi originated in the island of Banton,
Romblon and spread to the neighboring islands of Sibale, Simara,
and the towns of Odiongan and Calatrava on Tablas Island. The Asi spoken in Odiongan
is called Odionganon, Calatravanhon
in Calatrava, Sibalenhon in Concepcion, Simaranhon in Corcuera, and Bantoanon
in Banton.

Specifically, it is spoken on the
following islands within Romblon:

Tablas: the municipalities of Odiongan and Calatrava, situated respectively on the
western and northern parts of the island. The Odiongan
dialect has more outside influences and is more widely used in literature.[5]

Banton:
the island's sole municipality of Banton.

Simara:
the island's sole municipality of Corcuera.

Maestre de Campo (also known as
Sibale): the island's sole municipality of Concepcion.

Linguist David Zorc notes that
Asi speakers may have been the first Visayan speakers in the Romblon region.
He also suggests that Asi may have a Cebuan substratum
and that many of its words may have been influenced by the later influx of
other languages such as Romblomanon.[6]

Sounds[edit]

Asi has fifteen consonant
phonemes: p, t, k, b, d, g, m, n, ng, s, h, w, l, r and y. There are three
vowel phonemes: a, i/e, and u/o. The vowels i and e are
allophones, with i always being used when it is the beginning and
sometimes end of a syllable, and e always used when it ends a syllable.
The vowels u and o are allophones, with u always being
used when it is the beginning and sometimes end of a syllable, and o
always used when it ends a syllable.[clarification needed] This is one of the Philippine languages
that do not exhibit [ɾ]-[d]
allophony.

Grammar[edit]

Pronouns[edit]

Absolutive

Ergative

Oblique

1st
person singular

akó

nako, ko

akò

2nd
person singular

ikaw, ka

nimo, mo

imo

3rd
person singular

sida

nida

ida

1st
person plural inclusive

kita

nato

ato

1st
person plural exclusive

kami

namo

amo

2nd
person plural

kamo

ninro

inro

3rd
person plural

sinra

ninra

inra

References[edit]

1.
^ [1], more text.

2.
^ Asi[1] at
Ethnologue
(18th ed., 2015)

3.
^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Asi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for
the Science of Human History.

4.
^ [2], Languages
of the World.

5.
^ http://www.sil.org/asia/philippines/sipl/SIPL_6-2_001-093.pdf

6.
^ Zorc, David Paul. The
Bisayan Dialects of the Philippines: Subgrouping and Reconstruction.
Canberra, Australia: Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies,
Australian National University, 1977.

Lobel,
Jason William. 2002. "An
introduction to the languages of Romblon." In Sarokan
News Magazine, July 8, 2002.

External
links[edit]

Banton language
information

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v

·
t

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e

Visayan languages

Asi

Asi

Cebuan

Cebuano

Boholano

Central

Romblomanon

Warayan

Baybayanon

Kinabalian

Waray

Peripheral

Ati

Bantayanon

Capiznon

Hiligaynon

Porohanon

Bisakol ?

Masbateño

North Sorsogon (Masbate)

South Sorsogon (Gubat)

West

Aklanon

Caluyanon

Kinaray-a

Onhan

Kuyan

Cuyonon

Ratagnon

South

Surigaonon

Butuan-Tausug

Butuanon

Tausug

See also: Visayan peoples

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