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Porohanon language

 
Wikipedia: Porohanon language
Porohanon
Spoken in Philippines
Region Central Visayas
Total speakers 23,000
Language family Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-1 None
ISO 639-2
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].

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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



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