Porohanon language

Porohanon
Spoken in	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas
Native speakers	23,000  (date missing)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Philippine Visayan Central Peripheral Porohanon
Language codes
ISO 639-3	prh

Porohanon is a Visayan language spoken in the Camotes Islands in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. Its closest relatives are Hiligaynon and Masbateño and is barely intelligible with Cebuano though it shares 87% of its vocabulary with it.^[1]

Contents 1 Sounds 1.1 Vowels 1.2 Consonants 1.3 Phonology 2 Grammar 2.1 Nouns 2.2 Personal Pronouns 2.2.1 Demonstrative 2.3 Enclitic Particles 2.4 Existential 2.5 Interrogative Words 3 Examples 3.1 Loan Words 3.2 Numbers 3.3 Common Expressions 4 References

Sounds

Vowels

Consonants

Phonology

Porohanon speakers pronounce /y/ as [z].

Grammar

Nouns

Personal Pronouns

Demonstrative

Enclitic Particles

Existential

Interrogative Words

Examples

Loan Words

Numbers

Common Expressions

References