Sulod language
Sulod is Central Philippine language of Panay in the Philippines. It is closely related to the Karay-a language and is locally known to its speakers as Ligbok.
| Sulod | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Panay |
Native speakers | (14,000 cited 1980)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | srg |
| Glottolog | sulo1237[2] |
Sulod is spoken in the clustered sitios of Buri, Maranat, Siya, and Takayan along the banks of the Panay River, between Mt. Kudkuran and Mt. Baloy in central Panay (Jocano 1968:4).
- Hinilawod: Adventures of Humadapnon
Below are verses from the first two stanzas of the second part of Sugidanun I (First Narration) of the Sulodnon epic Hinilawod chanted by Hugan-an and recorded by Dr. F. Landa Jocano. The epic is in the original Sulodnon language.[3]
- Sugidanun I: Pangayaw
- 2. Himos
- Yabon-yabon pay tun-og
- Alimbu pa duyamig
- Nagparibung domdom
- Hangop abi sa domdom.
- Ni Buyong Humadapnon:
- "Ti, Taghuy, ku magsalakay
- Abi ako magmamkaw
- Ku magliali ako sa lawdon
- Maglibot sa layagon
- Bungayong ako sa sarakyan
- Waay ako't panimbang,
- Waay it panibin-sibin."
- Mahinay tumindug
- Mahinay tumimbayug
- 'I ginuong harangdon.
- Kambay dato agtunan
- Lubayon kamasuswon
- Uwa si Labing Anyag
- Sanglit may babaylan
- Sanglit hay singday.
- English translation by F. Landa Jocano
- The dew was still fresh
- The morning breeze was cold
- There he sat wondering
- Till an idea came to his mind.
- Said Buying Humadapnon:
- "Well, Taghuy, were I to travel
- Supposing I do embark
- If I scour and cross the seas
- Travel around, spread my sails
- I would be alone in my vessel
- I have no assistant
- I have no companion."
- And slowly he stood
- Meditating he took to his feet
- The respected master.
- He went and approached
- His younger sister
- Uwa Labing Anyag
- Because she was a babaylan.
- And skilled in charms.
References
- Sulod at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sulod". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Jocano, F. Landa. Hinilawod: Adventures of Humadapnon (PDF). Epic of Central Panay 2. Chanted by Hugan-an. PUNLAD Research House.
- Jocano, F. Landa. 1968. Sulod Society: a Study in the Kinship System and Social Organization of a Mountain People of Central Panay. University of the Philippines Press.
See also
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