Bikol language

This article is about the standardized dialect of Bikol based on the Naga City variant. For the various other varieties of Bikol, see Bikol languages.

Bikol
Central Bikol
Spoken in	Philippines
Region	Bicol
Native speakers	2.5 million  (1990 census) 7th most spoken native language in the Philippines
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Philippine Bikol languages Bikol
Writing system	Latin (Filipino alphabet); Historically Baybayin
Official status
Official language in	Regional language in the Philippines
Regulated by	Commission on the Filipino Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bcl – Central Bicolano

Central Bicolano language (other name: Bikol Sentral, Bikol) is the most spoken language in the Bicol region of southern Luzon, Philippines. It is spoken in Camarines Sur, second congressional district of Camarines Norte, eastern part of Albay, northerneastern part of Sorsogon, San Pascual town in Masbate, and southwestern part of Catanduanes. The standard form is based on the Naga dialect.

Dialects

Main article: Bikol languages

Bikol consists different dialects including Bikol-Naga, Bikol-Legazpi, Bikol-Daet and Bikol-Partido.

Grammar

Pronouns

	Absolutive	Ergative	Oblique
1st person singular	ako	ko	sakuya, sako, kanako, saako
2nd person singular	ika, ka	mo	saimo, si-mo, kanimo
3rd person singular	siya, iya	niya	saiya, kaniya
1st person plural inclusive	kita	nyato, ta	satuya, sato, kanato, saato
1st person plural exclusive	kami	nyamo, mi	samuya, samo, kanamo, saamo
2nd person plural	kamo	nindo	saindo, kaninyo, saiyo
3rd person plural	sinda	ninda	sainda, kanira

Particles

Like many other Philippine languages, Bikol has a rich set of discourse particles.

• bagá - expresses doubt or hesitation
• bayâ - giving a chance to someone; polite insisting
• daa - (Tagalog: daw) quoting information from a secondary source
• daw - (Tagalog: ba) interrogative particle
• garo - (Tagalog: mukhang, parang) likeness or similitude. English: "It looks like, it's as if."
• gáyo - "exactly"
• daing gáyo - "not exactly, not really"
• gayód / nanggayod - (Tagalog: bakâ) "maybe, could be"
• giráray / liwá - (Tagalog: [m]uli) "again"
• kutá-na / kutâ - "I hope (something did / did not happen" ; "If only ..." (conditionality of past events)
• lang / lámang / saná - (Tagalog: lang) "only, just"
• lugód - hoping that something will happen, or expressing surrender
• man - (Tagalog: din, rin) "also" or "ever" (such as ano man 'whatever' and siisay man 'whoever')
• mú-na / ngó-na - (Tagalog: muna) "first" or "yet"
• na - (Tagalog: na) "now" or "already"
• naman - (Tagalog: naman) "again"
• nanggad / mananggad - (Tagalog: talaga, nga) "really, truly, absolutely" (adds a sense of certainty)
• nyako - "I said"
• ngani - expresses fate ("This is helpless") or a plea for others not to insist
• ngantig - reports something one has said to a third person
• ngapit - "then," "in case," "during/while" (span of time)
• ngaya - politeness in requesting information ("so," "let's see")
• pa - (Tagalog: pa) "still"
• palán - (Tagalog: pala) expresses surprise or sudden realization
• po - (Tagalog: po) politeness marker; "tabí" in some Bikol dialects
• túlos / túlos-túlos - (Tagalog: agad-agad) "immediately, right away"

See also

• Bikol languages

References

General references

• Lobel, Jason William, Wilmer Joseph S Tria, and Jose Maria Z Carpio. 2000. An satuyang tataramon / A study of the Bikol language. Naga City, Philippines: Lobel & Tria Partnership, Co.: Holy Rosary Minor Seminary.

External links

• Translate Bikol