Porohanon language
Bisayan language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Porohanon | |
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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 |
Phonology
Porohanon has three vowels: /i/, /a/ and /u/. They are contrasted by length.[1][3]
References
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