Bolinao language Totally Explained

Everything about The Bolinao Language totally explained

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.

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:

/a/ an open front unrounded vowel similar to English father
/ə/ (written as ) 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/.
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/
Plosive	Voiced	b	d		g
Affricate	Voiceless		(ts)	(ty) /tʃ/
Affricate	Voiced			(dy) /dʒ/
Fricative			s	(sy) /ʃ/		h
Flap			r
Approximant				j	w
Lateral			l	(ly) /ʎ/

Philippine national proverb

The Philippine national proverb “He who doesn't acknowledge his beginnings won't 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.”Further Information

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Everything about The Bolinao Language totally explained

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

Philippine national proverb