Porohanon language
# Porohanon language

Porohanon is a regional Bisayan language spoken in the Camotes Islands in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. Its closest relatives are Hiligaynon, Capiznon and Masbateño; it is barely intelligible with Cebuano though it shares 87% of its vocabulary with it. It also retains many older features that Cebuano has lost, such as the use of the genitive marker ahead of the second member of a compounded form, the distinction between a definite and indefinite subject marker, and the distinction between a definite genitive marker and a locative one.

## Phonology

Consonants of Porohanon :

| | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plosive | p b | t d | | k ɡ | ʔ |
| Nasal | m | n | | ŋ | |
| Fricative | | s z | | | h |
| Trill | | r | | | |
| Approximant | w | l | j | | |

Porohanon has three vowels: /i/, /a/ and /u/. They are contrasted by length.

