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Field Entry · Kalibo, Aklan · 1968

Akeanon

Akɣanon

n. the language of some 360,000 speakers in and around the province of Aklan, Panay — and the subject of this ongoing revision project.

A digital continuation of Beato A. de la Cruz and R. David Paul Zorc's 1968 study — the grammar, the dictionary, and the work still being done to keep the language documented and accessible.

Photo — Aklan coastline
The Volumes
Photo — field notebook / archive
VOL. I — AKLANON GRAMMAR

A Study of the Aklanon Dialect, Volume One: Grammar.

The full 1968 reference grammar, reorganized into a readable digital edition. Units on phonology, morphology, and syntax, with updates and corrections marked in green.

Open the Grammar Reader →
Photo — Aklanon speakers / community
VOL. II — AKLANON DICTIONARY

A Study of the Aklanon Dialect, Volume Two: Dictionary.

A searchable digital dictionary built on the CollaLex platform — headwords, pronunciations, and definitions, continually revised.

Search the Dictionary Reader →
The Linguists
R. David Zorc
R. David Zorc
Linguistic Consultant and Researcher
Website: zorc.net/RDZorc
City: Wheaton, Maryland, USA
Status: Retired (Senior Linguist, Language Research Center & Dunwoody Press, Hyattsville, Maryland, 1986–2011)

In 1968, as Language Coordinator for the Western Visayas Region of the U.S. Peace Corps, David Zorc worked with Aklanon informant Beato A. de la Cruz to produce the first systematic grammar of the Aklanon dialect — later followed by a comparative dictionary. This site continues that work: presenting his original publications, the revisions since made to them, and the resources that have grown out of them.

"...no grammar is easy to read." — from the original 1968 Preface

[PLACEHOLDER — a short paragraph on John Orbista's role in this project and his work at Aklan State University, matching the tone of Zorc's paragraph above.]

John Orbista
John Orbista
Project Coordinator
Affiliation: Aklan State Univ.
Website: [PLACEHOLDER]
City: [PLACEHOLDER]
Status: [PLACEHOLDER]

[PLACEHOLDER — a short paragraph on Jarrette K. Allen's role in this project and his work aon Bantayan Island and CollaLex, matching the tone of Zorc's paragraph above.]

Jarrette Allen
Jarrette K. Allen
Project Consultant
Affiliation: Independent
Website: jarrettekallen.com
City: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Status: [PLACEHOLDER]