Bantoanon language

Bantoanon or Asi is a regional Bisayan language spoken, along with Romblomanon and Onhan, in the province of Romblon, Philippines. Asi originated in the island of Banton, Romblon and spread to the neighboring islands of Sibale, Simara, and the towns of Odiongan, San Andres and Calatrava on Tablas Island. The Asi spoken in Odiongan is called Odionganon, Calatravanhon in Calatrava, Sibalenhon in Concepcion, Simaranhon in Corcuera, and Bantoanon in Banton. The Asi language is closer to Western Visayan language like Karay-a than to Cebuano and Waray
Specifically, it is spoken on the following islands within Romblon:

Tablas: the municipalities of Odiongan, San Andres and Calatrava, situated respectively on the western and northern parts of the island. The Odiongan dialect has more outside influences and is more widely used in literature.
Banton, encompassing the whole municipality of Banton
Simara, encompassing the whole municipality of Corcuera
Maestre de Campo, also known as Sibale, encompassing the whole municipality of Concepcion

Linguist David Zorc notes that Bantoanon speakers may have been the first Bisayan speakers in the Romblon region. He also suggests that Asi may have a Western Visayan substratum and that many of its words may have been influenced by the later influx of other languages such as Romblomanon.

Nomenclature

While Bantoanon is the original and most common name of the language, the name Asi, meaning 'why', is also commonly used especially in formal and academic papers. The Commission on the Filipino Language or KWF prescribes the use of Ási with the acute accent on the Á, although the native pronunciation is closer to Ásì with the acute Á and a grave accent on the ì. Considering that the language has four other dialects other than Bantoanon: Odionganon, Calatravanhon, Sibalenhon, and Simaranhon, Asi is occasionally used instead of Bantoanon to distinguish between the language and the dialect of it spoken in Banton. Speakers of dialects that have evolved through the Bantoanon diaspora prefer Asi, or just their dialect's name. In casual speech, however, native speakers often refer to the language as Bisaya, not to be confused with other Bisayan languages.

Sounds

Bantoanon has sixteen consonant phonemes: /p, t, k, ʔ, b, d, ɡ, s, h, m, n, ŋ, l, ɾ~r, w, j/. There are three vowel phonemes: /i, a, u/. The three vowels each have allophones of,, . /i/ is always used as when it is in the beginning and middle syllables, is always used when it is in final syllables, when in open-prestressed syllables, and as in word-final post-stressed syllables before /ɾ~r/. is heard as an allophone of /a/ when in closed syllables. The vowel is an allophone of /u/, and is always heard when it is in final syllables. This is one of the Philippine languages that do not exhibit - allophony.

Grammar

Cardinal Numbers

Bantoanon speakers prefer using Spanish-derived or English numbers for financial situations.

English	Tagalog	Bantoanon	Spanish-derived
ten	sampu	sampúyò	diyes
eleven	labing-isa	sampúyò ag usá	onse
twelve	labindalawa	sampúyò ag ruhá	dose
thirteen	labintatlo	sampúyò ag tatló	trese
fourteen	labing-apat	sampúyò ag ap-át	katorse
fifteen	labinlima	sampúyò ag limá	kinse
sixteen	labing-anim	sampúyò ag án-om	disisais
seventeen	labimpito	sampúyò ag pitó	disisiyete
eighteen	labingwalo	sampúyò ag wayó	disiotso
nineteen	labinsiyam	sampúyò ag sidám	disinuwebe
twenty	dalawampu	ruhámpúyò	baynte
twenty-one	dalawampu't isa	ruhámpúyò ag usá	baynte uno
twenty-two	dalawampu't dalawa	ruhámpúyò ag ruhá	baynte dos
twenty-three	dalawampu't tatlo	ruhámpúyò ag tatló	baynte tres
thirty	tatlumpu	tatlómpúyò	treynta
forty	apatnapu	ap-át nak púyò,ap-átampúyò	kuwarenta
fifty	limampu	limámpúyò	singkuwenta
sixty	animnapu	án-om nak púyò,an-omnapúyò	sesenta
seventy	pitumpu	pitómpúyò	sesenta
eighty	walumpu	wayómpúyò	otsenta
ninety	siyamnapu	sidámnapúyò	nobenta

For numbers 11 to 90, Bantoanon speakers rarely use Bantoanon numbers, but instead their Spanish-derived counterparts even in contexts not related to finances.

English	Tagalog	Bantoanon	Spanish-derived
one-hundred	isang daan	usáng gatós	siyento
two-hundred	dalawang daan	ruháng gatós	dos siyentos
three-hundred	tatlong daan	tatlóng gatós	tres siyentos
four-hundred	apat na raan	ap-át nak gatós	kuwatro siyentos
five-hundred	limang daan	limáng gatós	kinyentos
six-hundred	anim na raan	án-om nak gatós	sais siyentos
seven-hundred	pitong daan	pitóng gatós	siyete siyentos
eight-hundred	walong daan	wayóng gatós	otso siyentos
nine-hundred	siyam na raan	sidám nak gatós	nuwebe siyentos
one-hundred-twenty-three	isang daan at dalawampu't tatlo	usáng gatós ag ruhampúyò ag tatlo	siyento baynte'y tres

Number	Tagalog	Bantoanon	Spanish-derived
1,000	isang libo	usáng líbo	mil
2,000	dalawang libo	ruháng líbo	dos mil
10,000	sampung libo	sampúyòng líbo	diyes mil
100,000	isang daang libo	usáng gatós nak líbo	siyen mil
1,000,000	isang milyon	usáng milyón	milyon
1,234,567	isang milyon dalawang daan at tatlumpu't apat na libo limang daan at animnapu't pito	usáng milyón ruhámpúyòng gatós ag tatlómpúyòng ap-át nak líbo limáng gatós ag an-óm nak púyò ag pitó	milyon dos siyentos treynta'y kuwatro mil kinyentos sesenta'y siyete

Ordinal Numbers

Legend

In Italics = rarely used and/or reconstructed based on existing vocabulary and grammar.