Romblomanon language

Romblomanon or Bisaya/Binisaya nga Romblomanon is an Austronesian regional language spoken, along with Asi and Onhan, in the province of Romblon in the Philippines. 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.

Geographic distribution

Specifically, Romblomanon is spoken in the following islands on Romblon:

• Romblon: the sole municipality of Romblon.
• Sibuyan: all its municipalities, Cajidiocan variant, Magdiwang variant, and San Fernando variant.
• Tablas: the municipality of San Agustin.
• Oriental Mindoro: 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, , meaning 'come to speaker', and , meaning 'to go yonder'.

Interrogative words

Examples

Loan words

Numbers

Common expressions

References

Further reading

External links

• Ethnologue
• romblomanon.webonary.org - Dictionary by SIL