Romblomanon
Facts
- Language: Romblomanon
- Alternate names: Romblon
- Language code: rol
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Bisayan, Central Bisayan
- Number of speakers: 94000
- Script:
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Introduction
Romblomanon is a language of Philippines. It is spoken in Romblon and Sibuyan Islands, northeast of Tablas Island (San Agustin), north of Panay.
Dialects
Bisaya’, Romblon, Sibuyanon. Sibuyan Island has 70% intelligibility of Inakeanon (See: Inakeanon), 73% of Hiligaynon (See: Hiligaynon), 94% of the Romblon dialect.
The Romblomanon Verb
Verblist
- langoy
- amoy, baho' -- to sniff, smell
- bakáy -- to buy
- batí' -- to hear
- bayó -- to pound, beat
- bilang -- to count
- buno' -- to stab, pierce
- dámgo -- to dream
- hámbay -- to say
- hayakhak -- to laugh
- híwa' -- to cut, hack
- hulog, huyog -- to fall
- huyóp -- to blow
- itsa -- to throw
- kagát -- to bite
- kapót -- to hold
- káyot -- to scratch
- kilaya -- to know, be knowledgeable
- kog'ong -- to tie up, fasten
- kutkot -- to dig
- langóy -- to swim
- lúto' -- to cook
- matúyog -- to sleep
- paghádlok -- to fear
- pag'inum -- to drink
- pagká'un -- to eat
- paglupad -- to fly
- pagpangáwat -- to steal
- pagpóngko' -- to sit
- pagsipya, pilá' -- to spit
- pagtago', tágo' -- to hide
- pagtan'aw -- to see
- pagtanóm -- to plant
- panaw -- to walk
- pangusá -- to hunt
- patáy -- to kill
- píli' -- to choose
- pugá' -- to squeeze
- saka' -- to climb
- sopsop -- to suck
- súka -- to vomit
- súnog, sugá' -- to burn
- tahí' -- to sew
- tángis -- to cry
- tindog -- to stand
- tíyog -- to turn
- trabaho -- to work