Porohanon language

Porohanon
Porohanon
Native to	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas (Camotes Islands, Cebu)
Native speakers	(23,000 cited 1960)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Philippine Bisayan Central Bisayan Peripheral Porohanon; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	prh
Glottolog	poro1253

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], and even less intelligible with neighboring Waray. 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]

Phonology

Consonants of Porohanon^[3]
	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p b	t d		k ɡ	ʔ
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Fricative		s z			h
Trill		r
Approximant	w	l	j

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

References

1 2 3 Wolff, John U. (1967). "History of the Dialect of the Camotes Islands, Philippines, and the Spread of Cebuano Bisayan". Oceanic Linguistics. 6 (2): 63–79. doi:10.2307/3622759. JSTOR 3622759. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
↑ Porohanon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
1 2 Santiago, Vincent Christopher (May 2018). "Porohanon phonology: An acoustic description". 28th Southeast Asian Linguistics Society Conference. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

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[Wolff-1] 1 2 3 Wolff, John U. (1967). "History of the Dialect of the Camotes Islands, Philippines, and the Spread of Cebuano Bisayan". Oceanic Linguistics. 6 (2): 63–79. doi:10.2307/3622759. JSTOR 3622759. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

[e18-2] Porohanon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Santiago-3] 1 2 Santiago, Vincent Christopher (May 2018). "Porohanon phonology: An acoustic description". 28th Southeast Asian Linguistics Society Conference. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

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