Albay Bikol, or simply Albayanon is a group of languages and one of the three languages that compose
Inland Bikol
The Bikol languages or Bicolano languages are a group of Central Philippine languages spoken mostly in the Bicol Peninsula in the southeastern part of Luzon, the neighboring island-province of Catanduanes, and the island of Burias in Masbate ...
. It is spoken in the southwestern coast of
Albay
Albay (IPA: ), officially the Province of Albay (; ; Baybayin, ᜎᜎᜏᜒᜄᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Bicol Region of the Philippines, mostly on the southeastern part of the isla ...
, (
Pio Duran
Pio Duran, officially the Municipality of Pio Duran (; ), is a municipality in the province of Albay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 49,070 people.
Access to the town is via Ligao. It is considered one of the ...
,
Jovellar) and northwestern
Sorsogon
Sorsogon, officially the Province of Sorsogon ( Bikol: ''Probinsya kan Sorsogon''; Waray: ''Probinsya han Sorsogon''; ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region. It is the southernmost province in the island of Luzon and ...
.
The region is bordered by the
Coastal Bikol and
Rinconada Bikol
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 languages, Bikol macrolanguage. It belongs to the Austr ...
speakers. The latter is the closest language of Albay Bikol and is mutually intelligible. They are both included in
Inland Bikol
The Bikol languages or Bicolano languages are a group of Central Philippine languages spoken mostly in the Bicol Peninsula in the southeastern part of Luzon, the neighboring island-province of Catanduanes, and the island of Burias in Masbate ...
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.
Phonology
/tʃ/ is borrowed from loanwords.
Sounds
ʒ, ʃare heard from borrowings as a realization of sequences .
Dialectal variation
"Were you there at the market for a long time?" translated into Albay Bikol languages,
Coastal Bikol and
Rinconada Bikol
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 languages, Bikol macrolanguage. It belongs to the Austr ...
.
See also
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Languages of the Philippines
There are some 130 to 195 languages spoken in the Philippines, depending on the method of classification. Almost all are Malayo-Polynesian languages native to the archipelago. A number of Spanish-influenced creole language, creole varieties ge ...
References
External links
Translate Bikol
Bikol languages
Languages of Albay
Languages of Camarines Sur
Languages of Sorsogon
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