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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

MeaningWordRomanization
motherina
fatherama
maneaki
womanbabáye
persontawo
namengaean
eyemata
eardueunggan
noseilong
toothngipon
tonguedila'
handalima
headueo
blooddugo'
kneetuhod
breastsoso
liveratay
watertubi'
firekaeayo
moonbuean
starbituon
skyeangit
rainuean
windhangin
stonebato
riversuba'
seadagat
treekahoy
leafdahon
dogayam

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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