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 very close to Capiznon, Hiligaynon/Ilonggo and Waray-Waray, all three spoken in Visayas. It is considered a Bisakol language, meaning a language intermediate between Visayan languages 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. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Masbatenyo". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems_poets/poem_detail.aspx?ID=505372
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