Visayan languages

Spoken in

  • Austronesian Malayo -Polynesian Western Malayo -Polynesian Zentralphilippinisch Visayassprachen

The Visayassprachen are spoken by the Philippine ethnic group of the Visaya.

The Visayassprachen include 21 languages ​​, including the largest with 20 million speakers of language, Cebuano, which itself is also called Bisaya or Visayan, Hiligaynon also continue with 7 million and Waray - Waray with 3 million speakers.

In addition to the Visayan Islands, the language in the Bicol region, particularly on Masbate, the islands south of Luzon such as Romblon, wide parts of Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago is spoken.

The Visayassprachen go together with Tagalog and Bikol to the Central Philippine languages.

Subdivision

The Visayassprachen are further subdivided into five subfamilies; important languages ​​are:

  • Asi or Bantoanon is spoken on the islands of Tablas, Banton, Simara and Maestro de Campo ( in the province of Romblon ).
  • Cebuano including Boholano, Leytehanon and Mindanao Visayas.
  • Surigaonon including Jaun -Jaun is the closest to Cebuano.
  • Central Visayas including Hiligaynon, Waray - Waray, Romblomanon with the Sibuyan dialects Cajidiocanon, San Fernando Azagra Sibujanon and Magdiwang - Espana Sibuyanon, Ati, Capiznon, Masbatenyo, Porohanon that Bisakol languages ​​of Sorsogon and Northern Samar.
  • Western Visayas including Kinaray -a, Aklan languages ​​( Aklanon, Malaynon ) Onhan or Loocnon ( tablas ), Caluyanon, Cuyonon, Ratagnon.
  • Tausug is spoken in Jolo, Sulu, Palawan, Basilan, Tawi - Tawi and Zamboanga, as in Kalimantan (Indonesia) and Sabah (Malaysia).
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