Английская Википедия:Bolinao language
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The Bolinao language or Binubolinao is a Central Luzon language spoken primarily in the municipalities of Bolinao and Anda, Pangasinan in the Philippines. It has approximately 50,000 speakers,[1] making it the second most widely spoken Sambalic language. Most Bolinao speakers can speak Pangasinan and/or Ilocano. Ethnologue reports 510 monolinguals for this language.[2]
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.
Vowels
Bolinao has five vowels. They are:
- Шаблон:IPA an open front unrounded vowel similar to English father
- Шаблон:IPA (written as Шаблон:Angbr) a mid central vowel pronounced as in English telephone
- Шаблон:IPA a close front unrounded vowel similar to English machine
- Шаблон:IPA a close-mid back rounded vowel similar to English forty
- Шаблон:IPA a close back rounded vowel similar to English flute
There are six main diphthongs: Шаблон:IPA, Шаблон:IPA, Шаблон:IPA, Шаблон:IPA, Шаблон:IPA, and Шаблон:IPA.
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) Шаблон:IPA | ng Шаблон:IPA | ||
| Plosive | Voiceless | p | t | k | ’ Шаблон:IPA | |
| Voiced | b | d | g | |||
| Affricate | Voiceless | (ts) | (ty) Шаблон:IPA | |||
| Voiced | (dy) Шаблон:IPA | |||||
| Fricative | s | (sy) Шаблон:IPA | h | |||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||
| Lateral | l | (ly) Шаблон:IPA | ||||
Language comparison
A common proverb[3] from Filipino hero Jose Rizal in English, "He who does not acknowledge his beginnings will not reach his destination," is translated into Bolinao, followed by the provincial language Pangasinan, the regional language Ilocano, and the original in Tagalog for comparison:
| Bolinao | Шаблон:Lang |
| Pangasinan | Шаблон:Lang |
| Ilocano | Шаблон:Lang |
| Tagalog | Шаблон:Lang |
See also
References
Шаблон:ReflistPersons, Gary. (1978). Bolinao: A Preliminary Phonemic Statement. Summer Institute of Linguistics.
External links
- Binubolinao.com, website dedicated to the preservation of the Bolinao language.
- bolinao.webonary.org, an online Binubolinao or Bolinao dictionary.
Шаблон:Central Luzon languages Шаблон:Philippine languages Шаблон:Austronesian languages Шаблон:Languages of the Philippines
