Lexicophonetic dialectology of Panay

This study provides an exploratory description of linguistic varieties in Panay in central Philippines through a combination of dialectometric and qualitative approaches. Data were gathering through a series of interviews with locals from four provinces of the island, namely Aklan, Antique, Capiz, and Iloilo. Concluding from analyses of lexicophonetic data and field reports, five dialect zones were identified. The first three include well-defined zones, namely an Akeanon zone containing four dialect areas within Aklan, an Antique Kinaray-a zone with five dialect areas within Antique, and a Caluyanon zone within the Caluya Islands. The other two zones are within a Central Bisayan-West Bisayan contact zone with the first being a convergence zone involving 9 dialect areas mostly in Iloilo where Hiligaynon and Kinaray-a interact, while the second is a Hiligaynon-Capiznon dialect continuum covering 10 dialect areas spanning Iloilo and Capiz.