Aklanon, also known as Akeanon or Inakeanon, is an Austronesian language of the Bisayan subgroup spoken by the Aklanon people, the locals of the province of Aklan on the island of Panay in the Philippines. Its unique feature among other Bisayan languages is the close-mid back unrounded vowel occurring as part of diphthongs and traditionally written with the letter such as in the autonyms Akean and Akeanon. However, this phoneme is also present in other but geographically scattered and distant Philippine languages, namely Itbayat, Isneg, Manobo, Samal and Kankanaey.
The Malaynon dialect is 93% lexically similar to Aklanon and has retained the "l" sounds, which elsewhere are often pronounced as "r".
Phonology Aklanon has 21 phonemes. There are 17 consonants: p, t, k, b, d, g, m, n, ng, s, h, l, r, w, y, the glottal stop , and the voiced velar fricative . There are six vowels: the three native vowels i, a, and u, which are typical for a Bisayan vowel inventory, the additional e and o for loanwords and common nouns, and a distinct phoneme argued by Zorc (2005) to be a close-mid back unrounded vowel . The voiced velar fricative /ɣ/ was also analyzed by Rentillo and Pototanon (2022) as having a voiced velar approximant as an allophone.
Vowels Table of vowel phonemes of Aklanon Front Central Back Unrounded RoundedClose Mid Open ~
Consonants Labial Dental Alveolar Palato-alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Nasal Stop Affricate() ()() () Fricative() () ()() Approximant ()Flap ~ from loanwords can also be heard as palatal stops . can also be heard as and can also alternate with .
Common phrases Akeanon Malaynon English Hi/Hello Good morning Good afternoon Good night Good day Thanks I am fine Please Yes No None How? When? Where? Who? What? Which? Why? How are you? What is your name? Where are you going? When are you leaving? What time is it? How much is this? What is the price? (monetary) I will buy this You are beautiful You are handsome You are kind You are smart Let's go Hurry up Let's go back I do not understand I do not know I'd like cold water I am hungry Let's eat The food is delicious I have no money You are crazy You are laughing I need to use the toilet We are going Where is your house located? Where are you staying? Take care
Philippine national proverb Here is the Philippine national proverb in various languages.
Akeanon: Malaynon:
English: He who does not look back where he came from, will never reach his destination.
Numbers Number Akeanon/Malaynon Hiligaynon Tagalog English1/ (Malaynon)One2Two3Three4Four5Five6Six7Seven8Eight9Nine10Ten
Literature Note: All these poems were written by Melchor F. Cichon, an Aklanon poet.
"Ambeth". Philippine Panorama, August 14, 1994. "Emergency Room". The Aklan Reporter, December 7, 1994, p. 10 "Eva, Si Adan!" (Finalist Sa Unang Premyo Openiano A. Italia Competition, January 1993, Duenas, Iloilo) "Ham-at Madueom Ro Gabii Inay?" Philippine Panorama, March 27, 1994, p. 29. (First Aklanon poem published in the Philippine Panorama), also in The Aklan Reporter, April 6, 1994, p. 8. "Hin-uno Pa". The Aklan Reporter, February 23, 1994, p. 8. Also in Ani December 1993, p. 44 "Inay". Philippine Collegian, October 4, 1973, p. 3 (First Aklanon poem in the Philippine Collegian) "Limog sa Idaeom". Ani December 1993, p. 48 "Mamunit Ako Inay". The Aklan Reporter, December 28, 1994, p. 10 "Manog-Uling". The Aklan Reporter July 29, 1992, p. 9. Also in Ani December 1993, p. 50 "Owa't Kaso", Saeamat. Mantala 3:97 2000 "Ro Bantay". The Aklan Reporter, September 6, 1995, p. 7 "Competition", March 13, 1998, UPV Auditorium, Iloilo City "Sa Pilapil It Tangke". Ani December 1994, p. 46 "Toto, Pumailaya Ka". Pagbutlak (First Aklanon in Pagbutlak) "Welga". Mantala 3:99 2000
References
External links
Learning Aklanon Aklanon Wordlist at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database Aklanon proverbs