Albay Bikol language

<h2 id="phonology">Phonology</h2>
Vowels<table><tbody><tr><th></th><th><a href="/facts/Front_vowel/htKQs3AT">Front</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Central_vowel/IFSaKUe9">Central</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Back_vowel/gyHoGCH0">Back</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Close_vowel/Ne6tHQHR">Close</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Close_front_unrounded_vowel/rSUdlCPU">i</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Close_central_unrounded_vowel/YdtMNGWw">ɨ</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Close_back_rounded_vowel/gqlQLfse">u</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Mid_vowel/uzjGLRhf">Mid</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel/aDRvwE46">ɛ</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Open-mid_back_rounded_vowel/yMNUClGt">ɔ</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Open_vowel/roS0Y7lA">Open</a></th><td colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Open_front_unrounded_vowel/s80pvmYh">a</a></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Consonants<table><tbody><tr><th colspan="2"></th><th><a href="/facts/Labial_consonant/bv4MqTMf">Labial</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Alveolar_consonant/B6VkW2EX">Alveolar</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Palatal_consonant/KLcKyXE8">Palatal</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Velar_consonant/blWClp79">Velar</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Glottal_consonant/rMdEdLxH">Glottal</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Nasal_consonant/m6D3cVhe">Nasal</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_bilabial_nasal/1pd7NK2x">m</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_alveolar_nasal/0CEs8314">n</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_velar_nasal/r6v5q92L">ŋ</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Plosive/okC9pztc">Plosive</a>/<a href="/facts/Affricate/Fn2y7FIA">Affricate</a></th><th>voiceless</th><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_bilabial_plosive/w4M9Igp6">p</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_alveolar_plosive/1GaDe2Vy">t</a></td><td>(<a href="/facts/Voiceless_postalveolar_affricate/14FYMJvN">tʃ</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_velar_plosive/dDppVb6e">k</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Glottal_stop/Xfqy2ArP">ʔ</a></td></tr><tr><th>voiced</th><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_bilabial_plosive/6ReC9arR">b</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_alveolar_plosive/A6hNvmCp">d</a></td><td>(<a href="/facts/Voiced_postalveolar_affricate/o7oYJUqz">dʒ</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_velar_plosive/f6udTvfQ">ɡ</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Fricative/1FQuuhfX">Fricative</a></th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_alveolar_fricative/WLKtEYDe">s</a></td><td>(<a href="/facts/Voiceless_postalveolar_fricative/enUwqS2w">ʃ</a>)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Tap_and_flap_consonants/5SFjKYlX">Tap</a></th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_dental_and_alveolar_taps_and_flaps/EvQ781EU">ɾ</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Approximant/SXrlw7zY">Approximant</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_labial%25E2%2580%2593velar_approximant/HLDqbrvr">w</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_alveolar_lateral_approximant/dgbHhqeK">l</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_palatal_approximant/v0NVCbUh">j</a></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>/tʃ/ is borrowed from loanwords.
</p><p>Sounds [dʒ, ʃ] are heard from borrowings as a realization of sequences ⟨di, si⟩.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
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<h2 id="dialectal-variation">Dialectal variation</h2>
<p>"Were you there at the market for a long time?" translated into Albay Bikol languages, <a href="/facts/Central_Bikol_language/ejgR9EmW">Coastal Bikol</a> and <a href="/facts/Rinconada_Bikol/DyIpXByP">Rinconada Bikol</a>.
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<table><tbody><tr><th><a href="/facts/Bikol_language/pTRNGLl6">Coastal Bikol</a></th><th>Boînën</th><th>Libon</th><th>Oasnon/West Miraya</th><th>Daraga/East Miraya</th><th><a href="/facts/Rinconada_Bikol/DyIpXByP">Rinconada Bikol</a></th></tr><tr><td><i>Nahaloy ka duman sa saod?</i></td><td><i>Naëǧëy ika adto sa saran?</i></td><td><i>Naoban ika adtu sa sawod?</i></td><td><i>Naëlëy ka idto sa sëd?</i></td><td><i>Naëlay ka didto sa sâran?</i></td><td><i>Naëban ika sadto saran?</i></td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Languages_of_the_Philippines/LIby1t23">Languages of the Philippines</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://bikoltranslator.blogspot.com">Translate Bikol</a></li></ul>

Wikivoyage has a phrasebook for <i>Buhi Bikol</i>.

At Wikimedia Incubator:<ul><li><i>Miraya Bikol test</i> of <a href="/facts/Wikipedia/La2xLBFt">Wikipedia</a> </li><li><i>Buhi'non Bikol test</i> of <a href="/facts/Wikipedia/La2xLBFt">Wikipedia</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Borja, Nhia (2024). Diaspora Documentation of West Albay Bikol. CUNY Academic Works. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Albay Bikol language