Aklanon language
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| Aklanon Akeanon |
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| Spoken in: | Philippines | |
| Region: | Aklan, northern Panay | |
| Total speakers: | 394,545 | |
| Language family: | Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Borneo-Philippines Meso Philippine Central Philippine Bisayan Western Visayan Aklan Aklanon |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | phi | |
| ISO 639-3: | akl | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Aklanon (also Akeanon) is a language spoken in the Philippines. It is a one of two Visayan languages (the other being Malaynon) native to Aklan.
Aklanon is unique among Philippine languages since it possesses the digraph ea ("l" pronounced with rolling "r" sound). According to legend, the digraph originated from the first ruler of Aklan, Datu Bangkaya, who had a short tongue and therefore could not pronounce the "l" sound.
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| Number | Aklanon |
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| 1 | Isaea |
| 2 | Daywa |
| 3 | Tatlo |
| 4 | Ap-at |
| 5 | Li-má |
| 6 | An-om |
| 7 | Pitó |
| 8 | Waeo |
| 9 | Siyám |
| 10 | Púeo |
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