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Over 30 languages constitute the Bisayan language family. 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 ...
English to Binisaya - Cebuano Dictionary and Thesaurus. Balayan alang sa mga Bisaya ug mga mahigugmaon sa pinulongang Binisaya. Homepage for the Visayan people and lovers of the Cebuano language.
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Cebuano is an Austronesian language spoken in the southern Philippines. It is natively, though informally, called by its generic term Bisayâ or Binisayâ and sometimes referred to in English sources as Cebuan.
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.
- 22 million (2010)
- Philippines
- Visayans (Bisaya)
It is the native language of the Waray people and second language of the Abaknon people of Capul, Northern Samar, and some Cebuano-speaking peoples of western and southern parts of Leyte island. It is the third most spoken language among the Bisayan languages , only behind Cebuano and Hiligaynon .
Bisayan languages in the Bikol region. Geographic distribution of major Bikol languages and dialects across Bicol region; classification based on Lobel (2013); Masbatenyo, Central Sorsogon, and Southern Sorsogon are Bisayan languages but heavily influenced by Bikol. A speaker of Bicolano, recorded in the United States.
