Western Subanon language
Western Subanon (also known as Siocon Subanon or simply Subanon) is an Austronesian language belonging Subanen branch of the Greater Central Philippine subgroup. It is spoken by c. 300,000 people (as of 2018) in the southwestern part of the Zamboanga Peninsula region of Mindanao.
| Western Subanon | |
|---|---|
| Siocon Subanon | |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Western Mindanao |
Native speakers | 300,000 (2018)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | suc |
| Glottolog | west2811 |
Distribution
The Western Subanon speech area includes the villages Malayal, Lintangan, Lanuti, and Limpapa in the municipality of Sibuco, and parts of Siocon, Baliguian, Labason, Surabay, and Ipil, all located in the Zamboanga Peninsula region.[1]
Phonology
Grammar
Western Subanon has a typical Philippine-type voice system. Unlike most other Philippine languages, it only has three voice categories.[3][4]
| volitional | non-volitional | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| realis | irrealis | realis | irrealis | |
| Actor voice | ‹um›‹in› mig- | ‹um› mog- | miko- | moko- |
| Patient voice | ‹in› pig- | -on pog- | mi- | mo- |
| Goal voice | ‹in› -an pig- -an | -an pog- -an | ki- -an | ko- -an |
Sample text
The chorus of the Western Subanon song Momula ita 'Let's plant' is shown.[2]
- Gumani ita
We will harvest (or, Let's harvest) - Gumani ita
We will harvest - Landu’ da’da’an ta
Great is our rejoicing - Po’ gumani ita
Because we will harvest - Gumani ita
We will harvest - Gumani ita
We will harvest - Di’ na mobon sinsaan ta
Our suffering will not last long - Gumani ita
We will harvest
References
- Bulalang, Sharon (2018). "Two Patterns of /a/ and /o/ Alternation in Subanon". Oceanic Linguistcs. 57 (2): 289–302. doi:10.1353/ol.2018.0013. S2CID 149975971.
- Estioca, Sharon Joy. "Subanon (Spring 2015)". Language Documentation Training Center. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- Hall, William C. (1969). "A Classification of Siocon Subanon Verbs". Anthropological Linguistics. 11 (7): 209–215. JSTOR 30029228.
- Hauk, Bryn (2019). "Functions of the Subanon mo-Prefix: Evidence from Paradigms and Argument Structure". Oceanic Linguistics. 85 (2): 257–291. doi:10.1353/ol.2019.0009.
Further reading
- Hall, William C. (1987). Aspects of Western Subanon Formal Speech. Summer Institute of Linguistics.
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