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Inland Bikol
The Bikol languages or Bicolano languages are a group of Central Philippine languages spoken mostly in the Bicol Peninsula in the island of Luzon, the neighboring island province of Catanduanes and the island of Burias in Masbate. Internal classification Ethnologue '' Ethnologue'' groups the languages of Bikol as follows: *Coastal Bikol (Northern) ** Isarog Agta language ** Mount Iraya Agta language **Central Bikol language ***Canaman dialect (standard) *** Naga City dialect ***Partido dialect ***Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon (TLS) dialect ***Daet dialect **Southern Catanduanes Bikol language *Inland Bikol (Southern) **Mount Iriga Agta language **Albay Bikol languages ***Buhinon language ***Libon language ***West Miraya language ***East Miraya language **Rinconada Bikol language ***Highland/Sinabukid dialect ****Agta variant ****Iriga variant (standard) ***Lakeside/Sinaranəw dialect ****Baao variant ****Bato variant ****Bula–Pili variant ****Nabua–Balatan variant * North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canaman
Canaman, officially the Municipality of Canaman ( bcl, Banwaan kan Canaman; tl, Bayan ng Canaman) is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 36,205 people. Canaman is known for its upscale shopping, heritage which dates back to Spanish era, and its new first class housings. Canaman is part of the Metro Naga Urban Area. Etymology The area that is now Canaman used to very thickly forested. According to Fr. Frank Lynch, S.J., who said that Canaman is the purest among Bicol dialects: “The name Canaman is locally said to be derived from the root ''kana'', meaning "building materials". The suffix -''man'' is taken as a locative, the name thus indicating “place where there are building materials”. History Spanish colonization in Canaman began around the 1580s when some Nueva Caceres-based missionaries apparently on their way back from gospel work in either the visita of Quipayo (now Calabanga) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethnologue
''Ethnologue: Languages of the World'' (stylized as ''Ethnoloɠue'') is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world. It is the world's most comprehensive catalogue of languages. It was first issued in 1951, and is now published by SIL International, an American Christian non-profit organization. Overview and content ''Ethnologue'' has been published by SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), a Christian linguistic service organization with an international office in Dallas, Texas. The organization studies numerous minority languages to facilitate language development, and to work with speakers of such language communities in translating portions of the Bible into their languages. Despite the Christian orientation of its publisher, ''Ethnologue'' isn't ideologically or theologically biased. ''Ethnologue'' includes alternative names and autonyms, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libon, Albay
Libon, officially the Municipality of Libon ( bcl, Banwaan kan Libon; tl, Bayan ng Libon), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Albay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 75,073 people. Libon has a land area of . It is about west-north-west of the provincial capital of Albay Legazpi City, and about east-south-east of Manila. It is classified as a partly urban municipality with 47 barangays subdivided into seven leagues: St. James (Poblacion), Lakeside (barangays within the vicinity of Bato Lake), Coastal (barangays located along the Albay West Coast), Big Five (barangays abundant in rice, corn, and vegetables), Interior Nine (hinterland barangays forefront in vegetable production and livestock raising), Palayan (barangays foremost in rice production), and Six Hills (barangays concentrated to coconut production). Libon's major economic activities are agriculture and fishing. Its of ricelands produce 30.4 million kilos or 608,000 bags of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buhi, Camarines Sur
Buhi, officially the Municipality of Buhi ( Buhinon: ''Banwaan nya Buhi''; Rinconada Bikol: ''Banwāan ka Buhi''; Tagalog: ''Bayan ng Buhi''), is a 1st class world class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 81,306 people. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Lake Buhi is home to the world's smallest edible fish locally known as "Sinarapan". Buhi is not just known for Lake Buhi but it is likewise the home to the world's smallest commercial fish locally known as the ''sinarapan'' (''Mystychtis luzonensis''). History The town known today as Buhi began as a small settlement by refugees fleeing the outrage of Mayon Volcano hundreds of years ago. These people founded a permanent settlement in an area close to the lake and flourished as time passed. The general exodus of people fleeing and being able to escape grave calamities such as Mayon's eruption was known in local vernacular as "naka-buhi". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iriga
Iriga, officially the City of Iriga (Rinconada Bikol: ''Syudad ka Iriga''; bcl, Siyudad nin Iriga; fil, Lungsod ng Iriga), is component city in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 114,457 people. It is located about south-east of Manila, and about south of Naga, Camarines Sur. History Barely half a century after Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Philippines on March 16, 1521, Iriga, now a city, was only a visita of Nabua, Provincia de Ambos Camarines. Because of the disastrous floods that occur during rainy seasons in suburban Poblacion of Nabua, Father Felix de Huertas, the then parish priest, advised the farmers to move to I-raga (donde hay tierra or where there is land) where they can plant their crops without fear of being flooded. The flood victims of Nabua who moved earlier and followed the suggestions of their parish priest were the fortunate beneficiaries of the harvest of their agricultural plantation c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandan Bikol Language
Pandan Bikol, or Northern Catanduanes Bicolano, is one of the three groups of the Bikol languages. It is spoken in Pandan and northeastern portion of Catanduanes. Examples Wh-questions *What? – , *Who? – , *Where? – , *When? – *Why? – , , , , *How? – *How much? – , , , , , *How many? – *Who are you? – , *What is your name? – *When is your birthday? – ''/'' *Where do you live? – Animals *Cat – , , *Dog – , , *Cow – *Carabao The carabao ( es, Carabao; tgl, Kalabaw; ceb, Kabaw; ilo, Nuang) is a domestic swamp-type water buffalo (''Bubalus bubalis'') native to the Philippines. Carabaos were introduced to Guam from the Spanish Philippines in the 17th century. They ... – *Pig – , (male brooding pig) *Rat – *Ant – , *Chicken – , *Lizard – *Gecko – *Snake – *Bird – Counting *One – , *Two – , *Three – , *Four – , *Five – , *Six – , *Seven – , *Eight – , *Nine – , *Ten – , *O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinconada Bikol Language
Rinconada Bikol or simply Rinconada, spoken in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines, is one of several languages that compose the Inland Bikol (or Southern Bicol) group of the Bikol macrolanguage. It belongs to the Austronesian language family that also includes most Philippine languages, the Formosan languages of Taiwanese aborigines, Malay ( Indonesian and Bahasa Malaysia), the Polynesian languages and Malagasy. Rinconada is surrounded by and shares common features with other Bikol languages. It is bordered by Coastal Bikol to the north, Buhinon to the east, and West Miraya language immediately to the south. The language's closest relatives outside the Bicol region are Aklanon, Waray-Waray, and to a lesser extent Tagalog, especially the variants used in Batangas and Marinduque. Rinconada Bikol is the language adopted by the indigenous population of Agta/Aeta (the Negrito) in the surrounding mountainous areas of Mount Iriga (old name is Mount Asog). The Austrone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albay Bikol Language
Albay Bikol, or simply Albayanon is a group of languages and one of the three languages that compose Inland Bikol. It is spoken in the southwestern coast of Albay, (Pio Duran, Jovellar) and northwestern Sorsogon. The region is bordered by the Coastal Bikol and Rinconada Bikol speakers. The latter is the closest language of Albay Bikol and is mutually intelligible. They are both included in Inland Bikol group of languages. Albay Bikol is the only sub-group of the Inland Bikol group with several languages with in it. The member languages in this sub-grouping lack stressed syllables, rare, if there is, and that makes them different and unique from other Bikol languages. The said feature of Albay Bikol is comparable to French and Portuguese languages that rarely use stressed syllables. Dialectal variation "Were you there at the market for a long time?" translated into Albay Bikol languages, Coastal Bikol and Rinconada Bikol. See also *Languages of the Philippines There ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Iriga Agta Language
Inagta Rinconada (Mount Iriga Agta) is a Bikol language spoken by a semi-nomadic hunter-gatherer Agta (Negrito) people of the Philippines. It is spoken to the east of Iriga City up to the shores of Lake Buhi. The language is largely intelligible with Mount Iraya Agta on the other side of the lake. The Rinconada Agta live primarily in forests near rural barangays of Buhi, Iriga (including a settlement in the Ilian area), and Baao in Camarines Sur Camarines Sur ( bcl, Habagatan na Camarines; tl, Timog Camarines), officially the Province of Camarines Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region on Luzon. Its capital is Pili and the province borders Camarines Norte and ... (Lobel 2013:68). Locations Reid (1994) also reports a closely related variety called Rugnot spoken in the area of Lake Buhi, Camarines Sur. Inagta locations listed by Reid (1994) are as follows. *Santa Niño, Hayagan, and Santa Cruz, Ipil, Buhi, Camarines Sur *San Augustine, Buhi, Camar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Catanduanes Bikol Language
Southern Catanduanes Bikol, or Virac is one of the Bikol languages of Catanduanes Catanduanes (; ), officially the Province of Catanduanes, is an island province located in the Bicol Region of Luzon in the Philippines. It is the 12th-largest island in the Philippines, and lies to the east of Camarines Sur, across Maqueda Cha ... in the Philippines. References Bikol languages Languages of Catanduanes {{CPhilippine-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naga, Camarines Sur
Naga, officially the City of Naga (Central Bikol: ''Siyudad nin Naga''; Rinconada Bikol: ''Syudad ka Naga''; fil, Lungsod ng Naga) or the Pilgrim City of Naga, is a 1st class independent component city in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 209,170 people. The town was established in 1575 by order of Spanish Governor-General Francisco de Sande. The city, then named Ciudad de Nueva Cáceres (New Cáceres City), was one of the Spanish royal cities in the Spanish East Indies, along with Manila, Cebu, and Iloilo, the third oldest to be exact. Geographically and statistically classified, as well as legislatively represented within Camarines Sur, but administratively independent of the provincial government, Naga is the Bicol Region's trade, business, religious, cultural, industrial, commercial, medical, educational, and financial center. Naga is known as the "Queen City of Bicol" due to the historical significance of Naga in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canaman, Camarines Sur
Canaman, officially the Municipality of Canaman ( bcl, Banwaan kan Canaman; tl, Bayan ng Canaman) is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 36,205 people. Canaman is known for its upscale shopping, heritage which dates back to Spanish era, and its new first class housings. Canaman is part of the Metro Naga Urban Area. Etymology The area that is now Canaman used to very thickly forested. According to Fr. Frank Lynch, S.J., who said that Canaman is the purest among Bicol dialects: “The name Canaman is locally said to be derived from the root ''kana'', meaning "building materials". The suffix -''man'' is taken as a locative, the name thus indicating “place where there are building materials”. History Spanish colonization in Canaman began around the 1580s when some Nueva Caceres-based missionaries apparently on their way back from gospel work in either the visita of Quipayo (now Calabanga) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
