Porohanon language

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Porohanon
Spoken in	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas
Total speakers	23,000
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Philippine Visayan Central Peripheral Porohanon
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	–
ISO 639-3	prh
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Porohanon is a Visayan language spoken in the Camotes Islands in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. Its closest relatives are Hiligaynon and Masbateño and is barely intelligible with Cebuano though it shares 87% of its vocabulary with it.^[1].

Contents 1 Sounds 1.1 Vowels 1.2 Consonants 1.3 Phonology 2 Grammar 2.1 Nouns 2.2 Personal Pronouns 2.2.1 Demonstrative 2.3 Enclitic Particles 2.4 Existential 2.5 Interrogative Words 3 Examples 3.1 Loan Words 3.2 Numbers 3.3 Common Expressions 4 References

[edit] Sounds

[edit] Vowels

[edit] Consonants

[edit] Phonology

Porohanon speakers pronounce /y/ as [z].

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[edit] Nouns

[edit] Personal Pronouns

[edit] Demonstrative

[edit] Enclitic Particles

[edit] Existential

[edit] Interrogative Words

[edit] Examples

[edit] Loan Words

[edit] Numbers

[edit] Common Expressions

[edit] References

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