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What’s with this “Wren” thing?
The oldest extant version of the fable
we
are presenting here appeared in 1913 in the first volume of a two-volume anthology
of Low
Saxon folktales (Plattdeutsche
Volksmärchen “Low German Folktales”)
collected by Wilhelm Wisser (1843–1935). Read
more ...
Boholano
“Chocolate
Hills” and Philippine Tarsier
(Tarsius
syrichta), the world’s smallest
primate—
Bohol
has distinctive
features beyond
unique
language and culture.
Language
information:
Boholano (also known by the native names Binul-anón and Bulanón) is by many regarded as being a dialect group of Cebuano, while others, especially native speakers, consider it a language in its own
right. Having been originally confined to the Island of Bohol within the Visayan
chain,
it developed in relative isolation and thereby both preserved some ancient features
and acquired
a
definite
set
new
features that set it apart from mainstream Cebuano. Among phonological features
are j [dz] ~ [dj] where related languages have y [j], and sporadically h where related languages have intervocalic k—“related languages” including Cebuano. While all this is true of most Boholano dialects, the dialects
of Bohol’s larger urban centers, especially of Tagbilaran City, are much closer to mainstream
Cebuano, supposedly are Cebuano dialects on Boholano substrates as a result of
Cebuano language education and media exposure.
Genealogy: Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Western > Philippines > Central > Visayan > Cebuan
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