Bantoanon language

Bantoanon[1]
Native to Philippines
Region Romblon
Native speakers
 75,000 (2011)[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bno
Glottolog bant1288[5]
Bantoanon language map based on Ethnologue

The Bantoanon language[6][7] (Asi language) 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:

Linguist David Zorc notes that Bantoanon 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.[9]

Sounds

Bantoanon 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. This is one of the Philippine languages that do not exhibit [ɾ]-[d] allophony.

Grammar

Pronouns

  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

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  3. ↑ Bantoanon[2] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  4. ↑ , more text.
  5. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Asi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  6. ↑ https://iso639-3.sil.org/code_tables/download_tables#639-3%20Code%20Set
  7. ↑ , Languages of the World.
  8. ↑ http://www.sil.org/asia/philippines/sipl/SIPL_6-2_001-093.pdf
  9. ↑ 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.


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