Romblomanon or Bisaya/Binisaya nga Romblomanon is an Austronesian

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spoken, along with Asi and

Onhan Onhan is a regional language, regional Bisayan languages, Western Bisayan language spoken, along with the Romblomanon language, Romblomanon and Asi languages, in the province of Romblon, Philippines. The language is also known as ''Inunhan'' an ...

, in the province of

Romblon Romblon ( , ), officially the Province of Romblon, is an archipelagic province of the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region. Its main islands include Tablas, the largest, which covers nine municipalities; Sibuyan with its three towns; as w ...

in the

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. The language is also called ''Ini'', ''Tiyad Ini'', ''Basi'', ''Niromblon'', and ''Sibuyanon''. It is a part of the Bisayan language family and is closely related to other

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Geographic distribution

Specifically, Romblomanon is spoken in the following islands on Romblon: *

: the sole

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. * Sibuyan: all its municipalities, Cajidiocan, Magdiwang, and San Fernando. * Tablas: the municipality of San Agustin. *

Oriental Mindoro Oriental Mindoro ( tl, Silangang Mindoro), officially the Province of Oriental Mindoro, is a province in the Philippines located on the island of Mindoro under Mimaropa region in Luzon, about southwest of Manila. The province is bordered by the ...

: migrant Romblomanon speakers from Carmen in Tablas brought the language particularly to the municipality of

Bansud Bansud, officially the Municipality of Bansud ( tgl, Bayan ng Bansud), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 42,671 people. Etymology The name of the ...

and also migrant Romblomanon speakers from Tablas, Romblon and Sibuyan islands to the following municipalities of Mansalay,

Bulalacao Bulalacao, officially the Municipality of Bulalacao ( tgl, Bayan ng Bulalacao), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 44,366 people. It is formerly kno ...

and parts of Bongabong and Roxas respectively.

Phonology

Consonants

Romblomanon is one of the Philippine languages that do not exhibit – allophony.

Vowels

* Phonetic variations of with sounds are said to occur.

Grammar

Pronouns

Personal

Demonstrative pronouns

In addition to this, there are two verbal

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, , meaning 'come to speaker', and , meaning 'to go yonder'.

Interrogative words

Examples

Loan words

Numbers

Common expressions

References

External links

Ethnologue

romblomanon.webonary.org
- Dictionary by SIL Languages of Romblon Visayan languages {{Languages of the Philippines