Onhan language

Onhan is a regional Western Bisayan language spoken, along with the Romblomanon and Asi languages, in the province of Romblon, Philippines. The language is also known as Inunhan and Loocnon.

  • The 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"
Not to be confused with Ongan languages.
Onhan
Loocnon, Inonhan
Native toPhilippines
RegionRomblon
Native speakers
86,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3loc
Glottologinon1237[2]
Inonhan language map based on Ethnologue

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 the provinces of Oriental and Occidental Mindoro, 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 Ap-at
5 Limá
6 An-um
7 Pitó
8 Waló
9 Siyám
10 púlô
100 Isya-kagatús
1000 Isya-kalibó
First Una
Second Pangalwa
Third Pangatlo
Fourth Pang-ap-at
Fifth Pang-limá
Sixth Pang-an-um
Seventh Pang-pitó
Eighth Pang-waló
Ninth Pang-siyám
Tenth Pang-púlô

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.

gollark: I think red dwarves are the only ones which cool over time - the sun gets hotter/brighter.
gollark: If I am elected TJ09 of DragCave, this will become a feature.
gollark: Do antareans explode if they're too big?
gollark: Come on, Explanatory Suffix, grow already so you can have ridiculously named children!
gollark: My favourite are chronos - according to my poll, this is a widely held sentiment.

References
  1. Onhan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Inonhan". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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