Romblon Bisaya

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Romblon Bisaya is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippine province of Romblon, closely related to other Visayan languages.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Romblon Bisaya canonical 2
Bisaya Romblon 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Visayan language
belongsTo Austronesian language phylum
classificationStatus often treated as a Visayan variety distinct to Romblon
closelyRelatedTo Capiznon
Cebuano
linked to: Cebuano language

Hiligaynon
linked to: Hiligaynon language

Kinaray-a
country Philippines
countryOfficialLanguageOf none
geographicDistribution central Philippines
hasAlternativeName Romblomanon Bisaya
Romblomanon language
hasBasicWordOrder VOS
VSO
hasISOCode none (no separate ISO 639-3 code as of 2024)
hasMorphosyntacticAlignment Austronesian alignment
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system (a, e, i, o, u)
typical Philippine-type consonant inventory
languageFamily Austronesian
lexicalSimilarityWith other Visayan languages
partOf Visayan language continuum
primaryProvince Romblon
region Mimaropa
script Latin script
sharesFeaturesWith Tagalog
other Central Philippine languages
spokenBy Romblomanon people
spokenIn Philippines
Romblon province
linked to: Province of Romblon
spokenOnIsland Romblon Island
Sibuyan Island
Tablas Island
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian
subgroup Central Philippine languages
Visayan languages
typologicalFeature focus-based voice system
rich verbal affixation
verb–initial word order
usedAs home language in Romblon province
usedIn daily communication in Romblon communities
writingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Romblomanon language alternativeName Romblon Bisaya
Romblomanon hasAlternativeName Romblon Bisaya
Romblomanon hasAlternativeName Bisaya Romblon
linked to: Romblon Bisaya