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Romblomanon language
Bisayan language spoken in the Philippines From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Romblomanon or Bisaya/Binisaya nga 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 Bisayan language family and is closely related to other Philippine languages.
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Geographic distribution
Specifically, Romblomanon is spoken in the following islands on Romblon:
- Romblon: the sole municipality of Romblon.
- Sibuyan: all its municipalities, Cajidiocan variant, Magdiwang variant, and San Fernando variant.
- 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 municipalities of Mansalay, Bulalacao and parts of Bongabong and Roxas respectively.
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Phonology
Consonants
Romblomanon is one of the Philippine languages that do not exhibit [ɾ]–[d] allophony.
Vowels
- Phonetic variations of /i, u/ with sounds [e, o] are said to occur.[2]
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Demonstrative pronouns
In addition to this, there are two verbal deictics, karí, meaning 'come to speaker', and kadto, meaning 'to go yonder'.
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