Rinconada Bikol or simply Rinconada, spoken in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines, is one of several languages that compose the Inland Bikol group of the Bikol macrolanguage. It belongs to the Austronesian language family that also includes most Philippine languages, the Formosan languages of Taiwanese aborigines, Malay, the Polynesian languages and Malagasy.
Signage in English and Rinconada in Baao; the Rinconada text means "biodegradable" and "non-biodegradable"
An election campaign sticker in Rinconada Bikol written in simplified alphabet. (Note the use of umlaut (ü) instead of the schwa vowel ⟨ə⟩ to aid the Sinaranəw speakers in reading the message.)
Coverage of Rinconada Bikol language (purple) Coverage of Albay Bikol languages: Buhinon Bikol (dark blue) Libon Bikol (violet) West Miraya Bikol (light blue) East Miraya Bikol (blue-gray)
Camarines Sur, officially the Province of Camarines Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region on Luzon. Its capital is Pili and the province borders Camarines Norte and Quezon to the northwest, and Albay to the south. To the east lies the island province of Catanduanes across the Maqueda Channel.
Image: Mt. Isarog View from Antipolo, Baao, Camarines Sur
Image: Old Capitol building in Pili, Camarines Sur
Image: Survivors ready... go panoramio
Image: University of Northeastern Philippines