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Romblomanon language

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Native to
  
Philippines

ISO 639-3
  
rol

Native speakers
  
94,000 (2011)

Glottolog
  
romb1245

Romblomanon language

Region
  
Romblon province (entire Romblon and Sibuyan islands; some parts of Tablas except Banton, Corcuera, Maestro de Ocampo and Carabao)

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Philippine Visayan Central Visayan Romblomanon

Romblomanon is an Austronesian regional language spoken, along with Asi and Onhan, in the province of Romblon in the Philippines. The language is also called Ini, Tiyad Ini, Basi, Niromblon, and Sibuyanon. It is a part of the Visayan language family and is closely related to other Philippine languages.

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

  • Romblon: the sole municipality of Romblon.
  • Sibuyan: all its municipalities, Cajidiocan, Magdiwang, and San Fernando.
  • Tablas: the municipality of San Agustin.
  • Oriental Mindoro: migrant Romblomanon speakers from Carmen in Tablas brought the language particularly to the municipality of Bansud and also migrant Romblomanon speakers from Tablas, Romblon and Sibuyan islands to the following municipalities of Mansalay, Bulalacao and parts of Bongabong and Roxas respectively.

    • Romblomanon too is also considered as a Far Variant of Bisakol due to its proximity with the Islands of Panay & Masbate.

    Demonstrative pronouns

    In addition to this, there are two verbal deictics, karí, meaning come to speaker, and kadto, meaning to go yonder.

    References

    Romblomanon language Wikipedia
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