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Bantoanon

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3: bno

Population	200,000 (2002 SIL), decreasing. 500 to 1,000 monolinguals.
Region	Romblon Province, west Visayas.
Language map	Southern Philippines, reference number 95
Dialects	Banton, Calatravanhon, Odionganon, Sibalenhon (Sibale), Simaranhon. 63% intelligibility with Hiligaynon [hil]; 92% with Inonhan [loc]. The Odionganon dialect is preferred for literature. Lexical similarity: 83% with Romblomanon [rol] (Zorc 1977).
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Bisayan, Banton
Language use	Home, community. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Filipino [fil], English, Romblomanon [rol], or Loocnon [loc].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 80%–90%. Literacy rate in L2: 80%–90%. Taught in primary and secondary schools. Bible portions: 1992–1996.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Agriculturalists; forestry; fishermen. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BRAINARD, Sherri; MA, Young-Rye, authors. 1998. "Emotion verbs in Bantoanon."

HENDRICKSON, Gail R.; KILGOUR, Heather J., authors. 1992. "Bantoanon phonology."  

Vernacular Publications

Mga istoryahan sa pangadlaw-adlaw. 1985.