The Nominal Marking System of Kinaray-a

This paper aims to describe the Kinaray-a nominals and its nominal marking system. Specifically, it gives emphasis on the constituent order of a typical Kinaray-a NP, the types of nominal markers used in the language, and the functions of these nominal markers. The Kinaray-a variety that will be described is the one that is spoken in the southern part of Antique Province, the Philippines. The morphological formation and linguistic elements of Kinaray-a nominals such as bare nouns, borrowed nouns, affixed nouns, and reduplication are also included in the paper.