Western Subanon
Western Subanon is an Austronesian language spoken in Philippines.
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Western Subanon (also known as Siocon Subanon or simply Subanon) is an Austronesian language belonging Subanen branch of the Greater Central Philippine subgroup. It is spoken by c. 300,000 people (as of 2018) in the southwestern part of the Zamboanga Peninsula region of Mindanao.
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Words in Western Subanon
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | gotow* | |
| name | Nalan* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | toliNa* | |
| nose | suN* | |
| tooth | Nisi* | |
| tongue | dila7* | |
| hand | komot* | |
| blood | dugu7* | |
| bone | tulan* | |
| skin | panit* | |
| knee | glulud* | |
| breast | dudu7* | |
| liver | gatoy* | |
| water | tubig | |
| fire | gapoy* | |
| star | bitun* | |
| stone | batu* | |
| mountain | bontod* | |
| tree | kayu* | |
| leaf | daon* | |
| night | gobi* | |
| dog | gayam* | |
| fish | soda7* | |
| louse | gotu* | |
| one | salabok* | |
| two | dua7* | |
| I | akon* | |
| you | ika* | |
| we | ita* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Central SubanenAustronesian72% alike
- Northern SubanenAustronesian61% alike
- Central PalawanoAustronesian55% alike
- CebuanoAustronesian54% alike
- WarayAustronesian54% alike
- Kinaray-aAustronesian53% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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