Sulod is a Central Philippine language of

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in the

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. It is closely related to the

Karay-a language The Karay-a language ( krj, label=none, Kinaray-a, krj, label=none, Binisayâ nga Kinaray-a or krj, label=none, Hinaraya; en, Harayan) is an Austronesian regional language in the Philippines spoken by the Karay-a people, mainly in Antique, I ...

and is locally known to its speakers as . Sulod is spoken in the clustered sitios of Buri, Maranat, Siya, and Takayan along the banks of the

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, between Mt. Kudkuran and Mt. Baloy in central Panay. Below are verses from the first two stanzas of the second part of "Sugidanun I" ('First Narration') of the Sulodnon epic chanted by Hugan-an and recorded by Dr. F. Landa Jocano. The epic is in the original Sulodnon language. "Sugidanun I": Pangayaw – 2. Himos

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