Masbateño language

Masbateño
Minasbate
Native to Philippines
Region Masbate province (entire Ticao island; almost whole portion of Masbate and Burias islands)
Ethnicity Masbateño people
Native speakers
 350,000 (2002)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 msb
Glottolog masb1238[2]

Areas where Masbateño is spoken

Masbateño or Minasbate is a Bicol-Visayan language spoken by more than 600,000 people, primarily in the province of Masbate in the Philippines. It is close to Hiligaynon/Ilonggo, Capiznon, Cebuano and Winaray, all four spoken in Visayas. It is considered a Bisakol language, meaning a language intermediate between Visayan and Bicolano languages.

Sounds

Masbateño has sixteen consonants: p, t, k, b, d, g, m, n, ng, s, h, w, l, r and y. There are three vowels: i, a, and u/o. The vowels u and o are allophones, with u always being used when it is the beginning and sometimes end of a syllable, and o always used when it ends a syllable. This is one of the Philippine languages which is excluded from [ɾ]-[d] allophone.

Examples

W-H Questions

Animals

Common Phrases

Counting

Common Adjectives

Literature in Masbatenyo

Sani na Dalan[3]

By Sherwin Balbuena


Kun mag-ági ka

Saní na dálan

Warâ na'n balíkan


Saní na dálan

May púnò san mángga

Na punô sin búnga


An úna nag-agi

An puno ginyugyog

Takdag pati putot


Panduha nag-agi

Kay wara na'n bunga

Dahon an ginpa-pa


Pantulo nag-agi

Kay wara na'n dahon

Panit an ginkaon


Pang-upat nag-agi

Kay wara na'n panit

Gamot an ginkitkit


An ulhi nag-agi

Kay wara na'n gamot

Nagsupa sin lapok


An Punò

Ako usad na punò

Sa tungâ san kadlagan

Mga sapát na pino

Ako man an istáran


Maw-ot ko’n maghitaas

Makit-an an Sirangan

Pero habo maglampas

Na an iba duluman


Kahirayo san langit

Mas apiki an dampog

Kun abuton kasakit

Lalo pa kun mahulog


Maw-ot ko man mamunga

San matam-is na hinog

Na matilawan san dila

Kag magtubo an pisog


Ugaling kun matumba

Sa kakusog san hangin

Kaupod ko, batuna

Sa Luyo masaringsing


Ugaling kun magluyos

Sa handong san iba

Kaupod ko, pagbalos

Mamudo sa inda


References

  1. ↑ Masbateño at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Masbatenyo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. ↑ http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems_poets/poem_detail.aspx?ID=505372


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