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Malaynon language

Aklanon
Akeanon
Binisaya nga Akeanon
Native to Philippines
Region Aklan and some parts of northwestern Capiz
Ethnicity Aklanon people
Native speakers
460,000 (2000 census, Aklan proper)
(Malaynon unknown: 8,500 cited 1973)
Dialects
  • Aklanon, Malaynon
Latin;
Historically Baybayin
Official status
Official language in
Regional language in the Philippines
Regulated by Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
akl – Aklanon proper
mlz – Malaynon
Glottolog akla1240
Aklanon language map.png
Area where Aklanon is spoken

Aklanon (Akeanon) is a regional Visayan language spoken in the province of Aklan on the island of Panay in the Philippines. Its unique feature among other Visayan languages is the close-mid back unrounded vowel [ɤ] occurring as part of diphthongs and traditionally written with the letter E such as in the name Akeanon (Aklanon). However, this phoneme is also present in sister Philippine languages, namely Itbayat, Isneg, Manobo, Samal and Sagada.

The Malaynon dialect is 93% lexically similar to Aklanon and retained the "l" sounds, which elsewhere are often pronounced as "r".

Ibayjanon (Ibajaynon) dialect has shortened versions of Aklanon words.

Aklanon has 21 phonemes. There are 16 consonants: p, t, k, b, d, g, m, n, ng, s, h, l, r, w, y and the glottal stop ʔ. There are six vowels: i, e, ɤ, a, o and u.

Philippine National Proverb:

"Ang Hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay Hindi makakarating sa paroroonan." (Filipino)

"Ro uwa' gatan-aw sa anang ginhalinan hay indi makaabut sa anang ginapaeangpan" (Akeanon)

" Ang di kausoy magbalikid sa anang ginhalinan hay indi makaabut sa anang ginaayanan" (Malaynon)

"He who does not look back from where he came from, will never reach his destination." (English)

Note: All these poems were written by Melchor F. Cichon, an Aklanon poet.


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