Capiznon or Capiceño (Bisaya nga Kinapisnon)[2][3][4] is an Austronesianregional language spoken in Western Visayas in the Philippines. Capiznon is concentrated in the province of Capiz in the northeast of Panay Island. It is a member of the Bisayan language family and the people are part of the wider Visayan ethnolinguistic group, who constitute the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group. The language is often confused with Hiligaynon due to dialectological comprehension similarities and as high as 91% mutual intelligibility,[5] but it has its certain unique accent and vocabulary that integrates Aklanon and Waray lexicon.[6] Despite its distinct corruption of Hiligaynonlateral approximants, a prevalent feature among rural farmers, ethnic convergence and cosmopolitanism has led to a shift back to the purely Hiligaynonprosodic form of slower tonality and softer and longer vowels most particularly among the younger generations.
Distribution
Capiznon is spoken in the following municipalities:
^"Profile of the Province". Poverty Mapping – Masbate. National Statistical Coordination Board. Archived from the original on 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
