Central Bikol

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Central Bikol
Bikol Sentral
Native to Philippines
Region Bicol
Ethnicity Bicolano
Native speakers
(2.5 million cited 1990 census [ needs update ]) [1]
6th most spoken native language in the Philippines [2]
Latin (Bikol alphabet)
Bikol Braille
Historically Basahan
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Regulated by Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bcl
Glottolog cent2087
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Areas where Central Bicolano is spoken in the Philippines
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A Central Bikol speaker, recorded in the United States.

Central Bikol, commonly called Bikol Naga [3] or simply as Bikol, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bicolanos, primarily in the Bicol Region of southern Luzon, Philippines. It is spoken in the northern and western part of Camarines Sur, second congressional district of Camarines Norte, eastern part of Albay, northeastern part of Sorsogon, San Pascual town in Masbate, and southwestern part of Catanduanes. Central Bikol speakers can be found in all provinces of Bicol and it is a majority language in Camarines Sur. The standard sprachraum form is based on the Canaman dialect.

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Central Bikol features some vocabulary not found in other Bikol languages nor in other members of the Central Philippine language family like Tagalog and Cebuano. Examples are the words matua and bitis, which are the same as the Kapampangan words meaning 'older' and 'foot, feet', respectively. The word banggi ('night') is another example of this as it is different from the usual Bikol word gab-i but closer to the word bengi of Kapampangan. There is no formal study on the relationship of the Central Luzon languages to Central Bikol but the latter has several words that are also found in the archaic form of Tagalog spoken in the Rizal and Quezon provinces that are believed to be the home of Central Luzon languages such as Kapampangan in Pampanga and southern Tarlac, and Sambalic languages in Zambales province.

Central Bikol dialects

Because of its broad geographic coverage as compared to other Bikol languages separated by islands and mountains, Central Bikol diverged into six dialects, which are still mutually comprehensible. The division of the language into different dialects is mainly because of the influence of other Bikol and non-Bikol languages surrounding the region.

The Canaman dialect, despite being used only by a small portion of the population in Camarines Sur, is the standard form of Central Bikol used in literature, Catholic religious rites and mass media. Naga City dialect is spoken in the first, second, third districts (except in Del Gallego, where residents are mostly Tagalog speakers), and in the western and eastern portions of the fourth district (Caramoan, Garchitorena, Presentacion, Siruma and Tinambac) of Camarines Sur. It is also spoken in San Pascual, Masbate (Burias Island) and the southwestern part of Catanduanes. The Partido dialect is spoken in the eastern part of Camarines Sur centered in the southern portion of the fourth districts (Goa, Lagonoy, Sagñay, San Jose, and Tigaon). The Tabaco-Legazpi-Sorsogon (TLS) dialect is spoken in the eastern coast of Albay and the northeastern part of Sorsogon. TLS is the dialect that has been most influenced by the Inland Bikol languages. The Daet dialect, on the other hand, is spoken in the second district of the province of Camarines Norte. The Virac dialect (or Viracnon language) is spoken around Virac, Catanduanes and surrounding towns on the southeastern part of the island of Catanduanes.

Dialectal comparison of Central Bikol

Canaman dialect (Standard)Naga City dialectPartido dialectTabaco - Legazpi - Sorsogon (TLS) dialectVirac dialectDaet dialect Rinconada Bikol language
(Inland Bikol)		 Sorsoganon language
(Bisakol)
Tàdaw ta dai luminayog an gamgam ni Pedro dawà na dai nin kandado an hawla?Tâno daw ta dai naglayog an gamgam ni Pedro dawà na mayò nin kandado si hawla?Hadáw ta ê naglayog an gamgam ni Pedro maski na mayò nin kandado su hawla?Natà daw ta dai naglayog an bayong ni Pedro maski na warâ ki kandado su hawla?Ngatà daw ta dài nagḽayog an gamgam ni Pedro maski na daing kandado su hawla?Bakin daw kaya dai naglupad ang ibon ni Pedro maski na mayong kandado si hawla?Ta'onō/Ŋātâ raw ta diri naglayog adtoŋ bayoŋ ni Pedro dāwâ na ədâ ka kandado su awlā?Nakay daw kay diri naglupad an tamsi ni Pedro maski na warâ san kandado su hawla?

Like other Philippine languages, Bikol has a number of loanwords, largely Spanish ones as a result of Spanish rule in the Philippines. These include swerte (suerte, 'luck'), karne (carne, 'meat'), imbestigador (investigador, 'investigator'), litro ('liter'), pero ('but'), and krimen (crimen, 'crime'). Another source of loanwords in Bikol is Sanskrit, with examples including words like bahala ('responsibility') and karma .

Phonology

Consonants

There are 16 consonants in the Bikol language: /m,n,ŋ,p,t,k,ʔ,b,d,ɡ,s,h,l,w~ʋ,ɾ,j~ʝ/. Eight sounds are borrowed from loanwords: /f,v,ɲ,tʃ,dʒ,ʃ,ʒ,ʎ/.

The sound system of the language according to Mintz in 1971 [4] is as follows.

Labial (Denti-)
Alveolar 		Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n̪ ( ɲ ) ŋ
Stop/
Affricate 		voiceless p t̪ ( tʃ ) k ʔ
voiced b d̪ ( dʒ ) ɡ
Fricative voiceless( f ) s ( ʃ ) h
voiced( v )( ʒ )
Lateral l ( ʎ )
Sonorant w ~ ʋ ɾ j ~ ʝ

Notes

  1. ʃ – written as ⟨sy⟩, this is only found only in loan words from English, as in shirt.
  2. tʃ – written as ⟨ty⟩, this is found in loan words from Spanish and English and is pronounced like the ch in check.
  3. dʒ – written as ⟨dy⟩, this is found basically in loan words from English and is pronounced like the j sound in jeep.
  4. ɲ – written as ⟨ny⟩, this is found in loan words from Spanish and is pronounced like the ñ in baños.
  5. ʎ – written as ⟨ly⟩, this is found in loan words from Spanish and is pronounced like the ll in llave and sencillo (in Spanish dialects without yeísmo).
  6. h – Due to contact with the nearby Albay Bikol languages, words that start with h in Bikol Naga, start with ʔ in Bikol Legazpi.
    • Ex: hiling ('look', Bikol Naga) becomes iling ('look', Bikol Legazpi)

Vowels

Native words exhibit a three-vowel system whose vowels can be noted as /a,i,u/, with /u/ realized as [o] in the final syllable. Due to contact with Spanish, modern Central Bikol also has two marginal phonemes /e,o/ distinct from /i,u/.

Table of the five general Central Bikol vowel phonemes
Front Central Back
Close i  ⟨i⟩ u  ⟨u⟩
Mid e  ⟨e⟩ o  ⟨o⟩
Open a  ⟨a⟩

Grammar

 AbsolutiveErgativeOblique
1st person singularakokosakuya, sakô
2nd person singularika, kamosaimo, sìmo
3rd person singularsiyaniyasaiya
1st person plural inclusivekitaniato, tasatuya, satô
1st person plural exclusivekaminiamo, misamuya, samô
2nd person pluralkamonindosaindo
3rd person pluralsindanindasainda

Particles

Like many other Philippine languages, Bikol has a rich set of discourse particles.

Numbers

Numerals

There exist two types of numerals in Bikol: native Bikol and Spanish numerals. Generally, Bicolanos use the Spanish terms when referring to time, as in the phrase a las singko ('5 o'clock'). However, the native terms can be read in literary books. The Spanish numerals are often encountered in pricing.

One-half.
Kabangâ / mediyá
One.
Sarô / uno; una (used for time); un (used for counting higher numbers)
Two.
Duwá / dos
Three.
Tuló / tres
Four.
Apát / kuwátro
Five.
Limá / síngko
Six.
Anóm / saís
Seven.
Pitó / siyéte
Eight.
Waló / ótso
Nine.
Siyám / nuwébe
Ten.
Sampulò / diyés
Eleven.
Kagsarô / ónse
Twelve.
Kagduwá / dóse
Thirteen.
Kagtuló / trése
Fourteen.
Kag-apát / katórse
Fifteen.
Kaglimá / kínse
Sixteen.
Kag-anóm / diyésisaís
Seventeen.
Kagpitó / diyésisiyéte
Eighteen.
Kagwaló / diyésiótso
Nineteen.
Kagsiyám / diyésinuwébe
Twenty.
Duwampulò / béynte (báynte)
Twenty-five.
Duwampulò may lima / béynte (báynte) y síngko
Thirty.
Tulompulò / tréynta (tráynta)
Thirty-five.
Tulompulò may lima / tréynta (traynta) y singko
Forty.
Apát na pulò / kuwarenta
Forty-five.
Apát na pulò may lima / kuwarenta y singko
Fifty.
Limampulò / singkuwénta
Fifty-five.
Limampulò may lima / singkuwénta y singko
Sixty.
Anóm na pulò / sesénta (sisénta)
Sixty-five.
Anóm na pulò may lima / sesenta (sisénta) y singko
Seventy.
Pitompulò / seténta (siténta)
Seventy-five.
Pitumpulò may lima / seténta (siténta) y singkó
Eighty.
Walompulò / otsénta
Eighty-five.
Walompulò may lima / otsénta y singko
Ninety.
Siyam na pulò / nobenta
Ninety-five.
Siyam na pulò may lima / nobenta y singko
One-hundred.
Sanggatós / siyen, siyento
One-thousand.
Sangribo / Un mil
Ten-thousand.
Sangyukot (Old Bikol) [5] / Diyes mil
One-million.
Sanglaksâ (Old Bikol) [6] / Milyón

Angry speech register

The angry register of Bikol, also known natively as tamanggot or rapsak, is used when angry, shouting, or speaking in a high-pitched voice at someone. Some examples of the register include:

Normal BikolAngry-register BikolEnglish translation
malutòmalustodrice (cooked)
bagaslas(u)gasrice (uncooked)
tubigtamìlig, tùligwater
bungoglusngogdeaf
uranbagratrain
bagyoalimagyotyphoon/hurricane
babayibabaknit, siknitfemale
lalakilalaknitmale
bado, gubingla(ma)sdô, gubnitclothes
harong (Naga), balay (Legazpi)langaghouse
sirasigtok, buragtokfish
ikosk(ur)asmag, kurakodcat
ayam, idòda(ma)yô (Naga),
ga(ma)dyâ (Legazpi)		dog
damulag (Naga),
karabaw (Legazpi)		ga(ma)dyâ (Naga)carabao
humaliwumaraleave
magkakan/kumakan (Naga),
magkaon/kumaon (Legazpi)		hablô, humablô, habluon, sibà, sumibà, sumibsibeat
burat (Naga),
buyong (Legazpi)		lasngag, lusrat, lusyong, bultokdrunk
taramtabilto speak
kapot, kapotankamlô, kamlùonto hold, holding
hilingbutlâto see
bitiss(am)ingkil, samail, sikifoot
talingatalingugngogear
ngusò (Naga),
ngimot (Legazpi)		ngurapak, ngaspak, ngislomouth
kamotkamulmoghand
matama(ta)lsokeye
payoali(ma)ntakhead
hawak (Naga),
lawas (Legazpi)		kabangkayanbody
tulaktindos, la(ma)sdakbelly/stomach
sapatossapagtokshoe
kalayokalasbotfire
kawalikawalwagfrying pan
sarwalsarigwalshorts or underwear [a]
asintasiksalt
manokmaldos, malpakchicken

Note:

  1. ↑ Depends on the dialect of Bikol; in some dialects, sarwal means 'shorts', while in others, it means 'underwear'.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Central Bikol at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Philippine Census, 2000. Table 11. Household Population by Ethnicity, Sex and Region: 2000
  3. ↑ Lobel, Jason William (2000). An Satuyang Tataramon / A study of the Bikol Language. Tria, Wilmer Joseph S., Carpio, Jose Maria Z. Naga City: Lobel & Tria Partnership. ISBN   971-92226-0-3. OCLC   45883453.
  4. ↑ Mintz, Malcolm W. (1971). Bikol Dictionary. University of Hawaii Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv9hvs8j. ISBN   978-0-8248-7891-7.
  5. ↑ Lisboa, Márcos de (1865). Vocabulario de la lengua bicol[Vocabulary of the Bicol language] (in Spanish). Manila: Est. Tip. del Colegio de Santo Tomas. pp.  32.
  6. ↑ Lisboa, Márcos de (1865). Vocabulario de la lengua bicol[Vocabulary of the Bicol language] (in Spanish). Manila: Est. Tip. del Colegio de Santo Tomas. pp.  208.

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