Romblomanon language

Romblomanon
Spoken in	Philippines
Region	Eastern Visayas
Native speakers	100,000  (date missing)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Philippine Visayan Central Visayan Romblomanon
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rol

Romblomanon is a Visayan language spoken, along with the Asi and Onhan languages, in the province of Romblon in the Philippines. The language is also called Ini, Tiyad Ini, Basi, Niromblon, Sibuyanon, and Bisaya.

Specifically, it is spoken in the following islands on Romblon:

• Romblon: the sole municipality of Romblon.
• Sibuyan: all its municipalities, Cajidiocan, Magdiwang, and San Fernando.
• Tablas: the municipality of San Agustin and in some parts of Calatrava, Santa Maria and Santa Fe municipalities.
• Oriental Mindoro: migrant Romblomanon speakers from Carmen in Tablas brought the language particularly to the municipality of Bansud and also migrant Romblomanon speakers from Tablas, Romblon and Sibuyan islands to the following municipalities of Mansalay, Bulalacao and parts of Bongabong and Roxas respectively.

Grammar

Pronouns

Personal

	Absolutive	Ergative	Oblique
1st person singular	ako	nakon, ko	akon
2nd person singular	ikaw, ka	nimo, mo	imo
3rd person singular	siya	niya	iya
1st person plural inclusive	kita	naton	aton
1st person plural exclusive	kami	namon	amon
2nd person plural	kamo	nindo	indo
3rd person plural	sinda	ninda	inda