Kinaray-a language
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{{language |name=Kinaray-a |familycolor=Austronesian |states=Philippines |region=Iloilo and Antique provinces, western Panay |speakers=377,529 |fam2=Malayo-Polynesian |fam3=Borneo-Philippines |fam4=Central Philippine |fam5=Visayan |fam6=Western Visayan |fam7=Kinarayan |iso2=phi|iso3=krj}}
Kinaray-a is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Antique Province in the Philippines. It is also spoken in parts of Iloilo. Due to regional proximity, media and television stations, Kinaray-a speakers can understand Hiligaynon speakers but not vice versa. Some Hiligaynon speakers conisider Kinaray-a a variation of [[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon].
It belongs to the Visayan language family.
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Grammar
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Pronouns
| Absolutive1 (emphatic) | Absolutive2 (non-emphatic) | Ergative1 (postposed) | Ergative2 (preposed) | Oblique | |
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| 1st person singular | ako | taken | naken, ko | aken | kanaken |
| 2nd person singular | ikaw, kaw | timo | nimo, mo | imo | kanimo |
| 3rd person singular | - | tana | nana, na | ana | kanana, kana |
| 1st person plural inclusive | kita | taten | naten, ta | aten | kanaten |
| 1st person plural exclusive | kami | tamen | namen | amen | kanamen |
| 2nd person plural | kamo | tinyo | ninyo, nyo | inyo | kaninyo |
| 3rd person plural | sanda | tanda | nanda | anda | kananda |
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See also
- Languages of the Philippines
- Filipino
- Cebuano
- Kapampangan
- Chabacano
- Pangasinan
- Visayan languages
- Bikol
- Ilokano
- Hiligaynon
- Waray-Waray
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