Albay Bikol, or simply Albayanon is a group of languages and one of the three languages that compose Inland Bikol. It is spoken in the southwestern coast of Albay, (Pio Duran, Jovellar) and northwestern Sorsogon. The region is bordered by the Coastal Bikol and Rinconada Bikol speakers. The latter is the closest language of Albay Bikol and is mutually intelligible. They are both included in Inland Bikol group of languages.
Albay Bikol is the only sub-group of the Inland Bikol group with several languages with in it. The member languages in this sub-grouping lack stressed syllables, rare, if there is, and that makes them different and unique from other Bikol languages. The said feature of Albay Bikol is comparable to French and Portuguese languages that rarely use stressed syllables.
Phonology
Vowels| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a | ||
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive/Affricate | voiceless | p | t | (tʃ) | k | ʔ |
| voiced | b | d | (dʒ) | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | s | (ʃ) | ||||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | |||
/tʃ/ is borrowed from loanwords.
Sounds [dʒ, ʃ] are heard from borrowings as a realization of sequences ⟨di, si⟩.1
Dialectal variation
"Were you there at the market for a long time?" translated into Albay Bikol languages, Coastal Bikol and Rinconada Bikol.
| Coastal Bikol | Boînën | Libon | Oasnon/West Miraya | Daraga/East Miraya | Rinconada Bikol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nahaloy ka duman sa saod? | Naëǧëy ika adto sa saran? | Naoban ika adtu sa sawod? | Naëlëy ka idto sa sëd? | Naëlay ka didto sa sâran? | Naëban ika sadto saran? |
See also
External links
Wikivoyage has a phrasebook for Buhi Bikol. At Wikimedia Incubator:References
Borja, Nhia (2024). Diaspora Documentation of West Albay Bikol. CUNY Academic Works. ↩