- Boholano dialect
Boholano (Cebuano: "Binol-anon") is a variant of Cebuano spoken in the province of
Bohol in thePhilippines and eastern parts ofSouthern Leyte . It is sometimes described as a separatelanguage . [http://www.lowlands-l.net/anniversary/boholano-info.php]Boholano, especially as spoken in central Bohol, can be distinguished from other Cebuano variants by a few
phonetic change s:
*The semivowel "y" is pronounced as [dʒ] : "iya" is pronounced as "ija" [i'dʒa] ;
*"Ako" is pronounced as [a'ho] ;
*Intervocalic "l" is occasionally pronounced as [w] when following "u" or "o": "kulang" is pronounced as ['kuwaŋ] .The Boholano dialects of coastal Bohol, including Tagbilaran, though, is almost indistinguishable from other dialects of Cebuano. Furthermore, the phonetic changes detailed above, especially the latter two, can also be observed in the
Cebu City dialect.References
External links
* [http://www.bohol.ph/language.php The Boholano Language]
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ceb Cebuano - A language of Philippines]
* [http://www.lowlands-l.net/anniversary/boholano-info.php Boholano]
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