Capiznon or Capiceño ()gov.ph is an Austronesian regional language spoken in Western Visayas in the Philippines. Capiznon is concentrated in the province of Capiz in the northeast of Panay Island. It is a member of the Bisayan language family and the people are part of the wider Visayan ethnolinguistic group, who constitute the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group. The language is often confused with Hiligaynon due to dialectological comprehension similarities and as high as 91% mutual intelligibility, but it has its certain unique accent and vocabulary that integrates Aklanon and Waray lexicon. Despite its distinct corruption of Hiligaynon lateral approximants, a prevalent feature among rural farmers, ethnic convergence and cosmopolitanism has led to a shift back to the purely Hiligaynon prosodic form of slower tonality and softer and longer vowels most particularly among the younger generations.
Distribution Capiznon is spoken in the following municipalities:
Capiz Roxas City Ivisan Panay Panitan Maayon Dao Pilar Mambusao Pontevedra President Roxas Sapi-an Sigma Cuartero Dumarao Dumalag Jamindan Tapaz
Iloilo Batad Calinog Bingawan Lemery Passi City Lambunao Carles Estancia Sara San Rafael Concepcion San Dionisio Balasan San Enrique Ajuy
Aklan Altavas Batan Balete Libacao
Masbate Balud Mandaon
Romblon Cajidiocan Magdiwang San Fernando
Phonology
Consonants LabialDental/AlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalPlosivevoicelessvoicedNasalFricativeRhoticLateralApproximant
Vowels FrontCentralBackClose ~ Open /ʊ/ can range from [ʊ] to [u].
Common lexical differences between Capiznon and Hiligaynon languages Capiznon Hiligaynon English today/now this that/these is ours laugh funny sex bowl joke washbasin bright/luminous talk fall child sleepy tamarind tree cry consent to break/broken foot fine/good to travel by foot nephew/niece to stroll around wake used and unwashed clothes youngest child drizzle/drizzling together bolo ears cockroach comb marinated fish dumb ingredient shrimp paste tin roof see! chilli pepper quiet string beans to cook rice to dive underwater adjacent to sleep together ricefield boyfriend/girlfriend good healed/cured pillow boastful/arrogant
See also Hiligaynon language Roxas City Capiz Capiznon people
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