diyan

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈan/ [d̪iˈjan̪]
• IPA^(key): /diˈan/ [ˈd͡ʒan̪]
• Hyphenation: di‧yan

Adverb

diyán (Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜌᜈ᜔)

1. (location) there (away from the speaker, but close to the listener)

   Coordinate terms: duman, digdi

See also

Central Bikol demonstratives

case	direct (an)	indirect (kan)	locative	existential
proximal (nearest speaker)	ini	kaini	digdi	uni/huni
medial (near addressee)	iyan	kaiyan	diyan	uya/huyan
distal (far from speaker)	idto/ito	kaidto/kaito	duman	uto/huto

Javanese

Romanization

diyan

1. romanization of ꦢꦶꦪꦤ꧀

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dian — now dialectal
• d'yan — contraction
• diyaan, dyan, dyaan — nonstandard
• jan — Internet slang, text messaging
• riyan — dialectal, Rizal, after words ending with vowels, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩ (in standard Tagalog)

Etymology

The latter half of the word is possibly related to iyan. Compare Central Bikol diyan, Pangasinan ditan, and Western Bukidnon Manobo diyan. See also Kapampangan ken and Malay di.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /diˈjan/ [ˈd͡ʒan̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /diˈjan/ [ˈd̪jan̪]
  • Rhymes: -an
• (Southern Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdijan/ [ˈd̪iː.jɐn̪]
  • Rhymes: -ijan
• Syllabification: di‧yan

Adverb

diyán (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌᜈ᜔)

1. there (far from the speaker, but near the person addressed)

Usage notes

• When the preceding word ends with a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩, riyan is used instead, but is not often used in conversation. Other words with this phenomenon include dito, doon, daw, and din.

Derived terms

• dumiyan
• magdiyan
• nandiyan
• naririyan
• nariyan
• pumariyan
• tagariyan

See also

Tagalog demonstrative pronouns

	Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)	Locative (nasa)	Existential	Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker*	ari iri yari**	nari niri niyari†	dini	narini nandini nairi naari	heri eri ayri	ganari ganiri garini garni gayari†
Near speaker and listener*	ito	nito	dito	narito nandito naito**	heto eto ayto†	ganito garito(garto)**
Near listener	iyan yaan	niyan	diyan diyaan	nandiyan nandiyaan nariyan(naryan) nayan/nayaan** naiyan‡	hayan ayan	ganiyan(ganyan) gay-an** gariyan**
Remote	iyon yoon yaon†	niyon noon niyaon†	doon	naroon nandoon nayon/nayoon** nayaon‡	hayon ayon	ganoon gayon gay-on** gayoon‡ garoon‡
*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else. **These pronouns are used in some dialects. †These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature. ‡Rare in text.

Anagrams

• inday

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Adverb

diyan

1. there (away from the speaker, but close to the listener)