The Malaynon dialect is 93% lexically similar to Aklanon and has retained the "l" sounds, which elsewhere are often pronounced as "r".[4]
Phonology
Aklanon has 21 phonemes. There are 17 consonants: p, t, k, b, d, g, m, n, ng, s, h, l, r, w, y, the glottal stopʔ, and the voiced velar fricativeɣ. There are six vowels: the three native vowels i, a, and u, which are typical for a Bisayan vowel inventory, the additional e and o for loanwords and common nouns, and a distinct phoneme argued by Zorc (2005) to be a close-mid back unrounded vowel[ɤ].[3] The voiced velar fricative /ɣ/ was also analyzed by Rentillo and Pototanon (2022) as having a voiced velar approximant[ɰ] as an allophone.[5]
Vowels
Consonants
/t͡ʃ,d͡ʒ/ from loanwords can also be heard as palatal stops [c,ɟ]. /l/ can also be heard as [ɫ] and can also alternate with [d].
Common phrases
Philippine national proverb
Here is the Philippine national proverb in various languages.[6]
Tagalog: Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makararating sa paroroonan.
Akeanon: Ro uwa' gatan-aw sa anang ginhalinan hay indi makaabut sa anang ginapaeangpan.
Malaynon: Ang indi kausoy magbalikid sa anang hinalinan hay indi makaabut sa anang paayanan.
Hiligaynon: Ang indi makahibalo magbalikid sang iya ginhalinan, indi makaabot sa iya padulungan.
English: He who does not look back where he came from, will never reach his destination.
Numbers
Literature
Note: All these poems were written by Melchor F. Cichon, an Aklanon poet.
"Ambeth". Philippine Panorama, August 14, 1994.
"Emergency Room". The Aklan Reporter, December 7, 1994, p.10
"Eva, Si Adan!" (Finalist Sa Unang Premyo Openiano A. Italia Competition, January 1993, Duenas, Iloilo)
"Ham-at Madueom Ro Gabii Inay?" Philippine Panorama, March 27, 1994, p.29. (First Aklanon poem published in the Philippine Panorama), also in The Aklan Reporter, April 6, 1994, p.8.
"Hin-uno Pa". The Aklan Reporter, February 23, 1994, p.8. Also in Ani December 1993, p.44
"Inay". Philippine Collegian, October 4, 1973, p.3 (First Aklanon poem in the Philippine Collegian)
"Limog sa Idaeom". Ani December 1993, p.48
"Mamunit Ako Inay". The Aklan Reporter, December 28, 1994, p.10
"Manog-Uling". The Aklan Reporter July 29, 1992, p.9. Also in Ani December 1993, p.50
"Owa't Kaso", Saeamat. Mantala 3:97 2000
"Ro Bantay". The Aklan Reporter, September 6, 1995, p.7
"Competition", March 13, 1998, UPV Auditorium, Iloilo City
"Sa Pilapil It Tangke". Ani December 1994, p.46
"Toto, Pumailaya Ka". Pagbutlak (First Aklanon in Pagbutlak)
"Welga". Mantala 3:99 2000
References
↑"2010 Census of Population and Housing, Report No. 2A - Demographic and Housing Characteristics (Non-Sample Variables)"(PDF). Retrieved 2022-05-02.
↑"Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: akl". ISO 639-3 Registration Authority – SIL International. Retrieved 2017-07-06. Name: Aklanon
12Beato A. de la Cruz; R. David Paul Zorc (1968). A Study of the Aklanon Dialect. Volume 1: Grammar(PDF). Washington, DC: Peace Corps.
↑"Malaynon, A language of the Philippines". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
↑フィリップ・レンティージョ。ポトタノン、ルーシー・マーク（2022）。「アケアノン音韻論の共時的かつ歴史的考察」。Acta Linguistica Asiatica。12 (1)。リュブリャナ大学出版局: 91–127 . doi : 10.4312/ala.12.1.91-127。
