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Romblomanon

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3: rol

Population	200,000 (2007 SIL).
Region	Romblon and Sibuyan Islands, parts of eastern Tablas Island, north of Panay.
Language map	Southern Philippines, reference number 94
Alternate names	Romblon
Dialects	Sibuyan, Romblon, Basiq. Sibuyan Island has 70% intelligibility of Aklanon, 73% of Hiligaynon [hil], 94% of the Romblon dialect.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Bisayan, Central, Romblon
Language use	Positive attitude. Also use Filipino [fil].
Language development	Bible portions: 1992–2007.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

FRENCH, Robert A., author. n.d.. The phonology of Romblomanon.

LAW, Rence, author. 1998. "The affix ‘pa’- and movement in Romblomanon."

NEWELL, Leonard E., author. 1995. "Computer processing of texts for lexical analysis."

NEWELL, Leonard E., compiler; TABARDILLA, Emilia, consultant. 2006. Romblomanon dictionary.