Pandan Bikol language explained

Pandan Bikol
Ethnicity:	Bicolano
States:	Philippines
Region:	Pandan and north-east Catanduanes
Date:	2000 census
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Austronesian
Fam2:	Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:	Philippine
Fam4:	Central Philippine
Fam5:	Bikol languages
Iso3:	cts
Glotto:	nort2883
Glottorefname:	Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

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.

Examples

Wh-questions

• What? –,
• Who? –,
• Where? –,
• When? –
• Why? –,,,,
• How? –
• How much? –,,,,,
• How many? –
• Who are you? –,
• What is your name? –
• When is your birthday? – /
• Where do you live? –

Animals

• Cat –,,
• Dog –,,
• Cow –
• Carabao –
• Pig –, (male brooding pig)
• Rat –
• Ant –,
• Chicken –,
• Lizard –
• Gecko –
• Snake –
• Bird –

Counting

• One –,
• Two –,
• Three –,
• Four –,
• Five –,
• Six –,
• Seven –,
• Eight –,
• Nine –,
• Ten –,
• One hundred –
• One thousand –

Common adjectives

• Beautiful –
• Ugly –,
• Hot –,
• Cold –
• Good –
• Bad –,
• Great –,
• Sick –,
• Fast –,
• Slow –
• High –
• Low –
• Deep –
• Wide –
• Loose –
• Narrow –,
• Heavy –
• Dark –,