Native to Philippines Glottolog poro1253 | ISO 639-3 prh | |
Region Central Visayas (Camotes Islands, Cebu) Native speakers (undated figure of 23,000) Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine
Central Philippine
Visayan
Central
Peripheral
Porohanon |
Porohanon is a regional Visayan language spoken in the Camotes Islands in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. Its closest relatives are Hiligaynon, Capiznon and Masbateño and is barely intelligible with Cebuano though it shares 87% of its vocabulary with it.
References
Porohanon language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA