Pandan Bikol language

Not to be confused with the Pandan dialect of Kinaray-a.

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.

Pandan Bikol
Native to	Philippines
Region	Pandan and north-east Catanduanes
Ethnicity	Bicolano
Native speakers	78,000 (2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Philippine Bikol languages Pandan Bikol
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cts
Glottolog	nort2883

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