- Onhan language
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Onhan Spoken in Philippines
Region Western Visayas Native speakers 86,000 (date missing) Language family Austronesian- Malayo-Polynesian
- Philippine
- Central Philippine
- Western Visayan
- Onhan
- Western Visayan
- Central Philippine
- Philippine
Language codes ISO 639-3 loc The Onhan language is a Kinaray-a language spoken, along with the Romblomanon and Asi languages, in the province of Romblon, Philippines. The language is also known as Inunhan and Loocnon.
- Onhan language has three variants- those speaking in the municipalities of Santa Maria, and Alcantara uses letter "L" instead of "R". Example "Kararaw" is "Kalalaw", and other speakers change "R" for "D" as in "run" to "dun"
to summarize,there are those who speaks "run", "dun" and "lun"
Specifically Unhan language is spoken on the following islands within Romblon:
- Tablas: the municipalities of San Andres, Santa Maria, Alcantara, Ferrol, Looc, and Santa Fe.
- Carabao: the sole municipality of San Jose.
As a variant of the Kinaray-a language, some speakers are found on the island of Boracay in Aklan province as well as parts of the island of Panay, specifically in the following municipalities: Malay, Nabas and Buruanga. In Oriental and Occidental Mindoro provinces, migrant Onhan speakers from Tablas Island brought the language to the following municipalities: San Jose, Bulalacao, Mansalay, Roxas, and some parts of Bongabong. As such, it is very much related to Kinaray-a and Kuyonon.
Grammar
Pronouns
Absolutive1
(emphatic)Absolutive2
(non-emphatic)Ergative Oblique 1st person singular ako takon nakon, ko akon 2nd person singular ikaw, kaw timo nimo, mo imo 3rd person singular imaw - nana ana 1st person plural inclusive kita taton naton, ta aton 1st person plural exclusive kami tamon namon amon 2nd person plural kamo tinyo ninyo inyo 3rd person plural sanda - nanda anda Literature
The New Testament was translated into Bisaya-Inunhan by Eldon Leano Talamisan and published in 1999. The Harrow ( Ang Singkaw), an official publication of Romblon State University publishes Inunhan poems, stories and other genre of literature.
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