Romblomanon or Bisaya/Binisaya nga Romblomanon is an
Austronesian regional language
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spoken, along with
Asi and
Onhan, in the province of
Romblon
Romblon (, , ), officially the Province of Romblon, is an archipelagic province of the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region. Its main components include Romblon, an archipelagic municipality of the same name that also serves as the provi ...
in the
Philippines
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. The language is also called ''Ini'', ''Tiyad Ini'', ''Basi'', ''Niromblon'', and ''Sibuyanon''. It is a part of the
Bisayan language family and is closely related to other
Philippine languages
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.
Geographic distribution
Specifically, Romblomanon is spoken in the following islands on Romblon:
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Romblon
Romblon (, , ), officially the Province of Romblon, is an archipelagic province of the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region. Its main components include Romblon, an archipelagic municipality of the same name that also serves as the provi ...
: the sole
municipality
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of
Romblon
Romblon (, , ), officially the Province of Romblon, is an archipelagic province of the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region. Its main components include Romblon, an archipelagic municipality of the same name that also serves as the provi ...
.
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Sibuyan
Sibuyan is a crescent-shaped island, the second largest in an archipelago comprising Romblon, Romblon Province, Philippines. Located in the namesake Sibuyan Sea, it has an area of and has a total population of 62,815, as of the 2020 census. Th ...
: all its municipalities,
Cajidiocan variant,
Magdiwang variant, and
San Fernando variant.
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Tablas: the municipality of
San Agustin.
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Oriental Mindoro
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: migrant Romblomanon speakers from Carmen in Tablas brought the language particularly to the municipality of
Bansud and also migrant Romblomanon speakers from Tablas, Romblon and Sibuyan islands to the municipalities of
Mansalay,
Bulalacao and parts of
Bongabong and
Roxas respectively.
Phonology
Consonants
Romblomanon is one of the Philippine languages that do not exhibit – allophony.
Vowels
* Phonetic variations of with sounds are said to occur.
Grammar
Pronouns
Personal
Demonstrative pronouns
In addition to this, there are two verbal
deictics
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, , meaning 'come to speaker', and , meaning 'to go yonder'.
Interrogative words
Examples
Loan words
Numbers
Common expressions
References
Further reading
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External links
Ethnologueromblomanon.webonary.org- Dictionary by SIL
{{DEFAULTSORT:Romblomanon Language
Languages of Romblon
Visayan languages