Hiligaynon bible for mac code#

Phonology Consonants Main consonant phonemesД¬onsonants and were once allophones but cannot interchange as in other Philippine languages: patawaron (to forgive) but not patawadon, and tagadiГn (from where) but not tagariГn. Some native speakers also consider Kinaray-a (also known as Hiniraya or AntiqueГ±o) and Capiznon as dialects of Hiligaynon however, these have been classified by linguists as separate (Western) Bisayan languages. Some of the widely recognized varieties of the language are Standard or Urban Hiligaynon ( Iloilo provincial and Metro Iloilo variant), simply called 'Ilonggo', Bacolodnon Hiligaynon ( Metro Bacolod variant), Negrense Hiligaynon (provincial Negros Occidental variant that is composed of three sub-variants: Northern, Central and Southern Negrense Hiligaynon), Guimaras Hiligaynon, and Mindanao Hiligaynon. Similar to many languages in the Philippines, very little research on dialectology has been done on Hiligaynon. In contrast, the 'Kinaray-a' has been used by what the Spanish colonizers called Arayas, which may be a Spanish misconception of the Hiligaynon words Iraya or taga-Iraya, or the current and more popular version Karay-a (highlanders - people of Iraya/ highlands). Historical evidence from observations of early Spanish explorers in the Archipelago shows that the nomenclature used to refer to this language had its origin among the people of the coasts or people of the Ilawod (' los de la playa'), whom Loarca called Yligueynes (or the more popular term Hiligaynon, also referred to by the Karay-a people as 'SinГЎ'). The name Visayan was later extended to these other islands because, as several of the early writers state, their languages are closely allied to the Visayan dialect of Panay. While the people of Cebu, Bohol and Leyte were for a long time known only as Pintados. In fact, at the early part of Spanish Colonization in the Philippines, the Spaniards used the term Visayan only for these areas. Otley Beyer and other anthropologists, the term Visayan was first applied only to the people of Panay and to their settlements eastward in the island of Negros (especially its western portion), and northward in the smaller islands, which now compose the province of Romblon. Historically, the term Visayan had originally been applied to the people of Panay however, in terms of language, 'Visayan' is more used today to refer to what is also known as Cebuano. The disagreement over the usage of 'Ilonggo' to refer to the language extends to Philippine language specialists and native laypeople. In precise usage, these people opine that 'Ilonggo' should be used only in relation to the ethnolinguistic group of native inhabitants of Iloilo and the culture associated with native Hiligaynon speakers in that place, including their language. Many speakers outside Iloilo argue, however, that this is an incorrect usage of the word 'Ilonggo'. ДЄside from 'Hiligaynon', the language is also referred to as 'Ilonggo' (also spelled Ilongo), particularly in Iloilo and Negros Occidental. There are approximately 9,300,000 people in and out of the Philippines who are native speakers of Hiligaynon and an additional 5,000,000 capable of speaking it with a substantial degree of proficiency. It is also spoken as a second language by Kinaray-a speakers in Antique, Aklanon/Malaynon speakers in Aklan, Capiznon speakers in Capiz and Cebuano speakers in Negros Oriental. It is also spoken in other neighboring provinces, such as Antique and Aklan (also in Western Visayas), Negros Oriental in Central Visayas, Masbate in Bicol Region, Romblon and Palawan in Mimaropa. Hiligaynon is mainly concentrated in the regions of Western Visayas ( Iloilo, Capiz, Guimaras, and Negros Occidental), as well as in South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and North Cotabato in Soccsksargen.

Hiligaynon bible for mac code#

Hiligaynon is given the ISO 639-2 three-letter code hil, but has no ISO 639-1 two-letter code. It also has one of the largest native language-speaking populations of the Philippines, despite it not being taught and studied formally in schools and universities until 2012. It is the second-most widely spoken language in the Visayas and belongs to the Bisayan languages, and is more distantly related to other Philippine languages. Hiligaynon, also often referred to as Ilonggo or Binisaya nga Hiniligaynon/Inilonggo, is an Austronesian regional language spoken in the Philippines by about 9.1 million people, predominantly in Western Visayas and Soccsksargen, most of whom belong to the Hiligaynon people. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Areas where Hiligaynon is spoken in the Philippines