Porohanon language

Porohanon
Porohanon
Native to	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas (Camotes Islands, Cebu)
Native speakers	(undated figure of 23,000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Philippine Visayan Central Peripheral Porohanon; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	prh
Glottolog	poro1253

Porohanon is a regional Visayan language spoken in the Camotes Islands in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. Its closest relatives are Hiligaynon, Capiznon and Masbateño and is barely intelligible with Cebuano though it shares 87% of its vocabulary with it.^[2]

References

^ Porohanon at Ethnologue (8th ed., 1974). Note: Data may come from an earlier edition.
^ Porohanon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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