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Bisaya is an indigenous people from the northwest coast of East Malaysia on the island of Borneo.Their population is concentrated around Beaufort as well as Kuala Penyu districts of southern Sabah (in which they are counted under the Kadazan-Dusun group of peoples), Labuan Federal Territory and in Limbang District, Sarawak (in which they are grouped under the Orang Ulu designation).
The Bisayan language with the most speakers is Cebuano, spoken by 20 million people as a native language in Central Visayas, parts of Eastern Visayas, and most of Mindanao. Two other well-known and widespread Bisayan languages are Hiligaynon (Ilonggo), spoken by 9 million in most of Western Visayas and Soccsksargen; and Waray-Waray, spoken by 6 ...
- Proto-Bisayan
Cebuano (/ s ɛ ˈ b w ɑː n oʊ / se-BWAH-noh) is an Austronesian language spoken in the southern Philippines.It is natively, though informally, called by its generic term Bisayâ or Binisayâ (both terms are translated into English as Visayan, though this should not be confused with other Bisayan languages, and locally written without the accent marks) and sometimes referred to in English ...
- 22 million (2010)
Orang Cebu ( bahasa Cebu: Mga Sugbuanon) merupakan subkelompok orang-orang Bisaya yang bahasa utamanya adalah bahasa Cebu. Mereka berasal dari provinsi Cebu di wilayah Bisaya Tengah, tetapi kemudian menyebar ke tempat-tempat lain di Filipina, seperti Siquijor, Bohol, Negros Timur, barat daya Leyte, Samar bagian barat, Masbate, dan sebagian ...
The Visayas ( / vɪˈsaɪəz / viss-EYE-əz ), or the Visayan Islands [2] ( Visayan: Kabisay-an, locally [kabiˈsajʔan]; Filipino: Kabisayaan [kɐbɪsɐˈjaʔan] ), are one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Luzon and Mindanao.
- 71,503 km² (27,607 sq mi)
- 21,155,014 (2021)
- 2,465 m (8087 ft)
- Southeast Asia
Cebuano-speaking area in the Philippines. Cebuano (also referred to as Bisaya) is one of the main languages spoken in the Philippines. More than 28 million people speak this language. Cebuano is a member of the Visayan language family. While Tagalog has more speakers than any other language in the Philippines today, Cebuano was the most widely ...
The Bisaya language belongs to the North Indonesian Branch of the Austronesian Family. In 1983, the Sarawak Bisaya numbered 4,000; in 1960 the Brunei Bisaya numbered approximately 7,000, and in 1970 the Sabah Bisaya population was 14,000. Little is known of Bisaya history. Presently, their contact with the Malays gives them access to buffalo ...
