Onhan language
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The Onhan language is a Kinaray-a language spoken, along with the Romblomanon
Romblomanon language
Romblomanon is a Visayan language spoken, along with the Asi and Onhan languages, in the province of Romblon in the Philippines. The language is also called Ini, Tiyad Ini, Basi, Niromblon, Sibuyanon, and Bisaya....

 and Asi language
Asi language
The Asi language is a Visayan language spoken, along with the Romblomanon and Onhan languages, in the province of Romblon, Philippines. The language is also known as Bantoanon, Calatravanhon, Odionganon, Sibalenhon, Simaranhon, and Bisaya.Specifically, it is spoken on the following islands within...

s, in the province of Romblon
Romblon
Romblon is an island province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region. It lies south of Marinduque and Quezon, east of Mindoro, north of Aklan and Capiz, and west of Masbate. Its capital is also named Romblon....

, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. The language is also known as Inunhan and Loocnon.
  • Onhan language has three variants- those speaking in the municipalities of Santa Maria, and Alcantara uses letter "L" instead of "R". Example "Kararaw" is "Kalalaw", and other speakers change "R" for "D" as in "run" to "dun"


to summarize,there are those who speaks "run", "dun" and "lun"

Specifically Unhan language is spoken on the following islands within Romblon:
  • Tablas
    Tablas Island
    Tablas is the largest of the islands that comprise the province of Romblon in the Philippines.Odiongan, on the west central coast of the island, is a major port and the largest municipality of Romblon in terms of population...

    : the municipalities
    Municipalities of the Philippines
    A municipality is a local government unit in the Philippines. Municipalities are also called towns . They are distinct from cities, which are a different category of local government unit...

     of San Andres
    San Andres, Romblon
    San Andres is a 5th class municipality in the province of Romblon, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 13,460 people in 2,737 households. It is a coastal town on the northwest portion of Tablas Island. It is bounded on the north by the Calatrava, on the south by...

    , Santa Maria
    Santa Maria, Romblon
    Santa Maria is a 5th class municipality in the province of Romblon, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 7,324 people in 1,476 households.-Barangays:Santa Maria is politically subdivided into 6 barangays.* Bonga...

    , Alcantara
    Alcantara, Romblon
    Alcantara is a fifth class municipality in the province of Romblon, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 14,144 people in 2,905 households.-Barangays:Alcantara is politically subdivided into 12 barangays:* Bonlao* Calagonsao...

    , Ferrol
    Ferrol, Romblon
    Ferrol located in the province of Romblon, the Philippines, is a municipality of the 5th class. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 6,395.The municipality was named after the city and naval station of Ferrol in Spain in 1978...

    , Looc
    Looc, Romblon
    Looc is a 4th class municipality in the province of Romblon, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 19,898 people in 4,262 households.- Local officials :-Population of Looc at various times:...

    , and Santa Fe
    Santa Fe, Romblon
    Santa Fe is a municipality in the province of Romblon, Philippines. It was created by virtue of Republic Act No. 38, passed October 1, 1946....

    .
  • Carabao
    Carabao Island
    Carabao Island can refer to two islands in the Philippines:* Carabao Island, the former name of San Jose, the southernmost island in the province of Romblon* Carabao Island, an island in the province of Cavite...

    : the sole municipality of San Jose
    San Jose, Romblon
    San Jose is an island municipality in the province of Romblon, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 8,226 people in 1,467 households. The municipal district comprising the island was created with the name Carabao Island on June 18, 1961 by Republic Act No. 3423, and was...

    .


As a variant of the Kinaray-a language, some speakers are found on the island of Boracay
Boracay
Boracay is an island of the Philippines located approximately south of Manila and 2 km off the northwest tip of Panay Island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. Boracay Island and its beaches have received awards numerous times. Boracay was awarded in the "Travelers' Choice...

 in Aklan
Aklan
Aklan is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas. Its capital is Kalibo. It is located at the northwest portion of Panay Island, bordering Antique Province to the southwest, and Capiz Province to the east...

 province as well as parts of the island of Panay
Panay
Panay may refer to*Panay Island*Panay *Panay, Capiz*Panay River*Panay Gulf* USS Panay *Panay incident...

, specifically in the following municipalities: Malay
Malay, Aklan
The Municipality of Malay is a first class municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 32,110 people in 4,747 households....

, Nabas
Nabas, Aklan
The Municipality of Nabas is a 4th class municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines. It is located before the town of Malay and Buruanga Peninsula at the northwest tip of Panay Island...

 and Buruanga
Buruanga, Aklan
Buruanga is a 5th class municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 15,077 people in 2,758 households. It is located at the most western tip of Panay Island. It is a coastal town bounded on the north by Malay; on the south by the...

. In Oriental and Occidental Mindoro
Occidental Mindoro
Occidental Mindoro is a province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region in Luzon. "Home of the Indigenous Mangyans". Its capital is Mamburao and occupies the western half of the island of Mindoro, on the west by Apo East Pass, and on the south by the Mindoro Strait; Oriental Mindoro is...

 provinces, migrant Onhan speakers from Tablas Island brought the language to the following municipalities: San Jose
San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
San Jose is a 1st class municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 111,009 people in 22,464 households. According to the 2007 census, the population increased to 118,807 people....

, Bulalacao, Mansalay, Roxas
Roxas
Roxas various by language: Roahaas , Roahous , Rohan , Rohanna , Rojo , Roja Red , Rocksas , Rocksberry, Roxbury, Roxberry, Rowhous , Rosas , Roxburg , Roxburghe , Roxborough , Rocshire , Roxshire , Rochas and Rocha , Roach , Roashan Places in the Philippines:* Pres. Manuel A...

, and some parts of Bongabong. As such, it is very much related to Kinaray-a and Kuyonon.

Pronouns

  Absolutive1
(emphatic)
Absolutive2
(non-emphatic)
Ergative Oblique
1st person singular ako takon nakon, ko akon
2nd person singular ikaw, kaw timo nimo, mo imo
3rd person singular imaw - nana ana
1st person plural inclusive kita taton naton, ta aton
1st person plural exclusive kami tamon namon amon
2nd person plural kamo tinyo ninyo inyo
3rd person plural sanda - nanda anda

Literature

The New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....

 was translated into Bisaya-Inunhan by Eldon Leano Talamisan and published in 1999.
The Harrow ( Ang Singkaw), an official publication of Romblon State University publishes Inunhan poems, stories and other genre of literature.
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