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Western Subanon (also known simply as Subanon or Subanun) is an Austronesian language belonging to the Greater Central Philippine languages. It is a a variety of the Subanon dialect cluster.

Phonology

Consonants

Western Subanon has 15 native consonants. There is no phonemic contrast between velar and uvular consonants.

Vowels

Western Subanon has five vowels.

Monophthongs

Diphthongs

The diphthongs of Western Subanon are /au/, /ua/, /io/, /oi/, /ai/, and /ia/.

Example

The chorus of the Western Subanon song Momula ita 'Let's plant' is shown.

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

1. ^ Estioca, Sharon Joy. "Subanon (Spring 2015)". Language Documentation Training Center. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

Bibliography

• Hall, William C. (1987). Aspects of Western Subanon Formal Speech. Summer Institute of Linguistics.

• Greater Central Philippine languages
• Languages of Maguindanao
• Languages of Zamboanga del Sur
• Languages of Zamboanga del Norte
• Languages of Zamboanga Sibugay