Aklanon
Aklanon is an Austronesian language spoken in Philippines.
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Aklanon, also known as Akeanon or Inakeanon, is an Austronesian language of the Bisayan subgroup spoken by the Aklanon people, the locals of the province of Aklan on the island of Panay in the Philippines. Its unique feature among other Bisayan languages is the close-mid back unrounded vowel [ɤ] occurring as part of diphthongs and traditionally written with the letter ⟨Ee⟩ such as in the autonyms Akean and Akeanon. However, this phoneme is also present in other but geographically scattered and distant Philippine languages, namely Itbayat, Isneg, Manobo, Samal and Kankanaey.
The Malaynon dialect is 93% lexically similar to Aklanon and has retained the "l" sounds, which elsewhere are often pronounced as "r".
From Wikipedia · Aklanon language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Aklanon
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | ina | |
| father | ama | |
| man | eaki | |
| woman | babáye | |
| person | tawo | |
| name | ngaean | |
| eye | mata | |
| ear | dueunggan | |
| nose | ilong | |
| tooth | ngipon | |
| tongue | dila' | |
| hand | alima | |
| head | ueo | |
| blood | dugo' | |
| knee | tuhod | |
| breast | soso | |
| liver | atay | |
| water | tubi' | |
| fire | kaeayo | |
| moon | buean | |
| star | bituon | |
| sky | eangit | |
| rain | uean | |
| wind | hangin | |
| stone | bato | |
| river | suba' | |
| sea | dagat | |
| tree | kahoy | |
| leaf | dahon | |
| dog | ayam |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Kinaray-aAustronesian69% alike
- RomblomanonAustronesian67% alike
- Masbate SorsogonAustronesian66% alike
- Waray SorsogonAustronesian66% alike
- CebuanoAustronesian63% alike
- HiligaynonAustronesian61% alike
Grammar
- Kinaray-aAustronesian90% alike
- Casiguran-Nagtipunan AgtaAustronesian89% alike
- TagabawaAustronesian87% alike
- IlongotAustronesian87% alike
- BalangingiAustronesian87% alike
- IsinaiAustronesian87% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · akla1240 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · akl