Pandan Bikol language

Pandan Bikol, or Northern Catanduanes Bicolano, is one of the three groups of the Bikol languages. It is spoken in Pandan and northeastern portion of Catanduanes.

Not to be confused with the Pandan dialect of Kinaray-a.
Pandan Bikol
Native toPhilippines
RegionPandan and north-east Catanduanes
EthnicityBicolano
Native speakers
78,000 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3cts
Glottolognort2883

Examples

Wh-questions
  • What? – anoha, ano
  • Who? – sînoha, sino?
  • Where? – siin, sin
  • When? – sano?
  • Why? – tâyon, akin, bakin, anoha ta, ano ta
  • How? – paináno?
  • How much? – mamila, amamila, apila, bagaano, tigpila, atigpila
  • How many? – pila?
  • Who are you? – sîno ka, sinoha ka
  • What is your name? – anoha yan ngaran mo?
  • When is your birthday? – Sano ka namundag? / Kaano ka namundag?
  • Where do you live? – Siin ka ga-estar? Taga siin ka?

Animals
  • Cat – kuting, kurasmag, kusmag
  • Dog – ayam, gamadya, gadya
  • Cow – baka
  • Carabao – karbaw
  • Pig – orig, tibos (male brooding pig)
  • Rat – ilaga
  • Ant – habon, amonggod
  • Chicken – manok, mardos
  • Lizard – tagaw
  • Gecko – tuko
  • Snake – haras
  • Bird – iwata

Counting
  • One – sado, uno
  • Two – dawha, dos
  • Three – tatlo, tres
  • Four – apat, kwatro
  • Five – lima, singko
  • Six – anom, sais
  • Seven – pito,syete
  • Eight – waro, otso
  • Nine – siyam, nuwebe
  • Ten – sampuro, dyes
  • One hundred – sanggatos
  • One thousand – sanribo

Common adjectives
  • Beautiful – magayon
  • Ugly – pangit, kalain
  • Hot – mainit, maaringahot
  • Cold – malipot
  • Good – madjag
  • Bad – maraot, malain
  • Great – matibay, maurag
  • Sick – igakarudog, gakarudog
  • Fast – maispid, apura
  • Slow – maluway
  • High – harangkaw
  • Low – hababa
  • Deep – hararom
  • Wide – harapad
  • Loose – haruga
  • Narrow – siot, piot
  • Heavy – magubat
  • Dark – madurom, maitom

References
  1. Pandan Bikol at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Pandan Bikol language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator
Wikivoyage has a phrasebook for Pandan Bikol.
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