Bantoanon
Facts
- Language: Bantoanon
- Alternate names:
- Language code: bno
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Bisayan
- Number of speakers: 75000
- Script:
More information:
Introduction
Bantoanon is a language of Philippines. It is spoken in Romblon Province.
Dialects
Banton, Calatravanhon, Odionganon, Sibalenhon (Sibale), Simaranhon. 63% intelligibility with Hiligaynon (See: Hiligaynon); 92% with Inonhan (See: Inonhan?). Odionganon dialect preferred for literature. Lexical similarity: 83% with Romblomanon (See: Romblomanon) (Zorc 1977).
The Bantoanon Verb
Verblist
- badú -- to pound, beat
- bakay -- to buy
- bunúq -- to stab, pierce
- guyá -- to laugh
- huyúp -- to blow
- kútkut -- to dig
- saka -- to climb
- sunug -- to burn
- tíngting -- to hit
- túngtung -- to stand
- yupar -- to fly