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]

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Porohanon
Native toPhilippines
RegionCentral Visayas (Camotes Islands, Cebu)
Native speakers
(23,000 cited 1960)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3prh
Glottologporo1253
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Phonology

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

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