Bolinao language

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Bolinao language Binu-Bolinao
Spoken in:	Philippines
Region:	Bolinao, Anda
Total speakers:	~50,000[1]
Language family:	Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian   Borneo-Philippines    Central Luzon     Sambalic      Bolinao language
Official status
Official language in:	none
Regulated by:	Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (Commission on the Filipino Language)
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	phi
ISO 639-3:	smk
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The Bolinao language (Bolinao: Binu-Bolinao) is spoken primarily in the Pangasinense municipality of Anda and the city of Bolinao. It has approximately 50,000 speakers (Ethnologue 1990), making it the second most widely spoken Sambalic language.

Contents 1 Phonology 1.1 Vowels 1.2 Consonants 1.3 Philippine national proverb 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Phonology

Bolinao has 21 phonemes: 16 consonants and five vowels. Syllable structure is relatively simple. Each syllable contains at least a consonant and a vowel.

[edit] Vowels

Bolinao has five vowels. They are:

• /a/ an open front unrounded vowel similar to English father
• /ə/ (written as <e>) a mid central vowel pronounced as in English telephone
• /i/ a close front unrounded vowel similar to English machine
• /o/ a close-mid back rounded vowel similar to English forty
• /u/ a Close back rounded vowel similar to English flute

There are six main diphthongs: /aɪ/, /əɪ/, /oɪ/, /uɪ/, /aʊ/, and /iʊ/.

[edit] Consonants

Below is a chart of Bolinao consonants. All the stops are unaspirated. The velar nasal occurs in all positions including at the beginning of a word.

		Bilabial	Dental	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	(ny) /ɲ/	ng /ŋ/
Plosive	Voiceless	p	t		k	’ /ʔ/
	Voiced	b	d		g
Affricate	Voiceless		(ts)	(ty) /tʃ/
	Voiced			(dy) /dʒ/
Fricative			s	(sy) /ʃ/		h
Flap			r
Approximant				j	w
Lateral			l	(ly) /ʎ/

[edit] Philippine national proverb

The Philippine national proverb^[2] “He who does not acknowledge his beginnings will not reach his destination,” translated into Bolinao and followed by the original in Tagalog:

• Bolinao: “Si [tawon] kai magtanda’ lumingap sa nangibwatan [na], kai ya mirate’ sa keen [na].”
• Tagalog: “Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makararating sa paroroonan.”

[edit] See also

• Languages of the Philippines

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Binubolinao.net, website dedicated to the preservation of the Bolinao language, featuring a downloadable dictionary and introductory lessons

Major Sambalic languages
Tina | Bolinao | Botolan
Minor Sambalic languages
Mag-indi | Mag-antsi | Abellen | Ambala | Mariveleño