Put On The Dog: The Case of the Cebuano for "Dog" and Other Visayan languages | Luzvimindan Project
In this article we'll investigate where the Cebuano word "Iro" came from. Introduction Cebuano or informally Bisaya is the language originating from Cebu hence the name, is the second major language after Tagalog when it comes to the number of native speakers as it is spoken in many parts of the Visayas and Mindanao. The Cebuano word for "dog" is "Iro" or informally "Iru", since some people pronounce it that way, it doesn't really matter though since in Cebuano "o" and "u" are generally allophones of each other, meaning whether you pronounced it as "o" or "u" it doesn't really change the meaning. Looking back at its Austronesian origins There is a theory that all Austronesian languages are from one single language called Proto Austronesian (PAN), of course, that includes Philippine languages such as Tagalog, Cebuano, and Maranao. The idea of Proto Austronesian is similar with