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Capiznon

Kinapisnon

Capiznon is an Austronesian language spoken in Philippines, by about 640 thousand people.

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Capiznon · 11.4°N 123.0°E

Capiznon or Capiceño (Bisaya nga Kinapisnon) is an Austronesian regional language spoken in Western Visayas in the Philippines. Capiznon is concentrated in the province of Capiz in the northeast of Panay Island. It is a member of the Bisayan language family and the people are part of the wider Visayan ethnolinguistic group, who constitute the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group. The language is often confused with Hiligaynon due to dialectological comprehension similarities and as high as 91% mutual intelligibility, but it has its certain unique accent and vocabulary that integrates Aklanon and Waray lexicon. Despite its distinct corruption of Hiligaynon lateral approximants, a prevalent feature among rural farmers, ethnic convergence and cosmopolitanism has led to a shift back to the purely Hiligaynon prosodic form of slower tonality and softer and longer vowels most particularly among the younger generations.

From Wikipedia · Capiznon language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Capiznon

MeaningWordRomanization
persontawo*
namengalan*
eyemata
eardulungan*
noseilong*
toothunto*
tonguedila*
handkamot*
blooddugo*
bonetul*
skinpanit*
breastdughan*
liveratay*
watertubi
firekalayo*
starbito*
stonebato*
leafdahon*
dogido*
fishisda
lousekuto*
drinkmainum*
seemakita*
hearmabati*
diemapatay*
comemalakat*
pathalagyan*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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