Masbateño language
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| Masbateño | ||
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| Spoken in: | Philippines | |
| Region: | Eastern Visayas | |
| Total speakers: | 600,000 | |
| Language family: | Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Western Meso Philippine Central Philippine Visayan Central Visayan Peripheral Masbateño |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | phi | |
| ISO 639-3: | msb | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Masbateño is a Visayan language spoken by more than 600,000 people, primarily in the province of Masbate in the Philippines. It is close to Capiznon and Hiligaynon (Ilonggo), both spoken on Panay. It can be considered a Bisakol language, meaning a language intermediate between Visayan languages and Bicolano languages.
[edit] Sounds
Masbateño has sixteen consonants: p, t, k, b, d, g, m, n, ng, s, h, w, l, r and y. There are three vowels: i, a, and u/o. 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 which is excluded from [ɾ]-[d] allophone.
[edit] Examples
Who are you? - Sin-o Ka?
What is your name? - Nano an pangaran mo?
When is your Birthday - San-o ka nabuhay?
Where do you live? - Diin ka naga-istar?
Cat - Miya
Dog - Ido
Cow - Baka
Pig - Orig (piglet) Anay (mother pig)
Rat - Iraga
I hate you - Urit ako sa imo
I love you - Namomo-ot ako sa imo
Difficult - Malisud
Annoying - Kabaradli!!!
Come here - Apiki didi
Ugly - Maraot
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