The Onhan language is a Western Visayan language spoken, along with the Romblomanon and Asi languages , in the province of Romblon , Philippines . The language is also known as Inunhan and Loocnon.
Onhan language has three variants- those speaking in the municipalities of Santa Maria, and Alcantara uses /l/ instead of /r/. Example "kararaw" is "kalalaw", and other speakers change /r/ or /l/ for /d/ as in "run" or "lun" to "dun"
Specifically Onhan is spoken on the following islands within Romblon:
As a variant of the Kinaray-a language , some speakers are found on the island of Boracay in Aklan province as well as parts of the island of Panay , specifically in the following municipalities: Malay , Nabas and Buruanga . In Oriental and Occidental Mindoro provinces, migrant Onhan speakers from Tablas Island brought the language to the following municipalities: San Jose , Bulalacao , Mansalay , Roxas , and some parts of Bongabong . As such, it is very much related to Kinaray-a and Kuyonon .
Grammar
Pronouns
Absolutive1
(emphatic)
Absolutive2
(non-emphatic)
Ergative
Oblique
1st person singular
ako
takon
nakon, ko
akon
2nd person singular
ikaw, kaw
timo
nimo, mo
imo
3rd person singular
imaw
–
nana
ana
1st person plural inclusive
kita
taton
naton, ta
aton
1st person plural exclusive
kami
tamon
namon
amon
2nd person plural
kamo
tinyo
ninyo
inyo
3rd person plural
sanda
–
nanda
anda
Numbers
Number
Onhan
1
Isyá
2
Darwá
3
Tatló
4
Upat
5
Limá
6
An-um
7
Pitó
8
Waló
9
Siyám
10
Sampúlô
100
Isya-kagatús
1000
Isya-kalibó
First
Una
Second
Pang-duhá
Third
Pangat-lo
Fourth
Pang-upat
Fifth
Pang-limá
Sixth
Pang-an-um
Seventh
Pang-pitó
Eighth
Pang-waló
Ninth
Pang-siyám
Tenth
Pang-sampúlô
Literature
The New Testament was translated into Bisaya-Inunhan by Eldon Leano Talamisan and published in 1999. The Harrow ( Ang Singkaw), an official publication of Romblon State University publishes Inunhan poems, stories and other genre of literature.
References
^ Onhan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Inonhan" . Glottolog . Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Asi
Cebuan
Central
West
South
Bold indicates languages with more than 1 million speakers
? indicates classification dispute
† indicates extinct status
Official languages
Regional languages
Indigenous languages
(by region )
Immigrant languages
Sign languages
Historical languages