Talk:Kinaray-a language
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I believe this is a dialect of Ilonggo. (Need to research)--Jondel 10:05, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Comparison with Hiligaynon
A section on the difference with Hiligaynon would be good since they are so similar and almost indiscernible from each other.--Jondel 06:25, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
- I think that would be good - but they are not indiscernible from each other. Kinaray-a and Hiligaynon are from different language groups. Kinaray-a is closer to Aklanon than to Hiligaynon. --Chris S. 12:02, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
Chris, sorry. I keep forgetting.--Jondel 00:38, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Kinaray-a Test Wikipedia
Please vote for our Wikipedia! --203.173.138.159 08:14, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- I am in support of the Kinaray-a Wiki since I am a Karay-a myself. The concerns in the discussion here, however, need to be thoroughly thought of. --emanlerona 13:38, 21 March 2006
[edit] Kinaray-a Etymology
I have to ask this: the iraya-ilawud-ilig explanation for the roots of Kinaray-a and Hiligaynon seems sensible. But has there really been a comprehensive and definitive study done about this? Just recently, I came to a realization that the shift from iraya to Karay-a or Kinaray-a seems to evade a sensibe explanation. Iraya to iniraya would be very natural in terms of construction, but not one speaker of the language calls the language that, although Ilonggo scholars like Mulato, Norada, and Deriada claim that Iniraya/Hiniraya are also used. Is there anyone here who knows that someone (an insider) really uses this term? Also, the glottal stop in the word also seems to escape some explanation. Does anyone know any other Kinaray-a word that has undergone the same transformation? *iraya -> iray-a? If there is none, then I suggest that we begin to doubt the scientificity of this explanation. --emanlerona 13:38, 21 March 2006
