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Bisayan languages

The Bisayan languages or Visayan languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines. They are most closely related to Tagalog and the Bikol languages, all of which are part of the Central Philippine languages. Most Bisayan languages are spoken in the whole Visayas section of the country, but they are also spoken in the…

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Ethnicity
Visayans
Geographic distribution
Visayas, most parts of Mindanao, Mimaropa in the Philippines, Sabah in Malaysia, North Kalimantan in Indonesia and immigrant communities
Glottolog
bisa1268
Linguistic classification
Malayo-PolynesianPhilippineGreater Central PhilippineCentral PhilippineBisayan · PhilippineGreater Central PhilippineCentral PhilippineBisayan · Greater Central PhilippineCentral PhilippineBisayan · Central PhilippineBisayan · Bisayan
Proto-language
Proto-Bisayan
Subdivisions
Asi Cebuan Central Bisayan West Bisayan South Bisayan

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Bisayan languages

Nodes79
Edges78
Triples58
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025316
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Bisayan languages

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related to Internal classification · 18
Bisayan languages → Also, Banton, Bisayan, Cebuan, Central, Central Bisayan, David Zorc, However, Inunhan, Romblomanon, Romblon, South, The, The South Bisayan, Visayas, West, Western Bisayan, Zorc
related to Nomenclature · 16
Bisayan languages → Binisaya, Bisaya, Bisayan, Butuanon, Cebuano, Cuyonon, Hiligaynon, However, Native, Surigaonon, Tausug, This, To, Visayan, Visayas, Waray
related to Evidence · 8
Bisayan languages → Bikol, Bisayan, Cl, Cq, David Zorc, MOST, Tausug, Zorc
related to Names and locations · 6
Bisayan languages → Bisayan, Kabalian, Karolanos, Magahat, The, Zorc
Linguistic classification · 5
Bisayan languages → Bisayan, Central PhilippineBisayan, Greater Central PhilippineCentral PhilippineBisayan, Malayo-PolynesianPhilippineGreater Central PhilippineCentral PhilippineBisayan, PhilippineGreater Central PhilippineCentral PhilippineBisayan
Ethnicity · 1
Bisayan languages → Visayans
Geographic distribution · 1
Bisayan languages → Visayas, most parts of Mindanao, Mimaropa in the Philippines, Sabah in Malaysia, North Kalimantan in Indonesia and immigrant communities
Glottolog · 1
Bisayan languages → bisa1268
Proto-language · 1
Bisayan languages → Proto-Bisayan
Subdivisions · 1
Bisayan languages → Asi Cebuan Central Bisayan West Bisayan South Bisayan

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languages bisayan spoken mindanao romblon visayas also visayan central cebuano western language province zorc eastern waray hiligaynon south tausug southern

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Bisayan languagesEthnicityVisayans1.00infobox
Bisayan languagesGeographic distributionVisayas, most parts of Mindanao, Mimaropa in the Philippines, Sabah in Malaysia, North Kalimantan in Indonesia and immigrant communities1.00infobox
Bisayan languagesGlottologbisa12681.00infobox
Bisayan languagesLinguistic classificationMalayo-PolynesianPhilippineGreater Central PhilippineCentral PhilippineBisayan1.00infobox
Bisayan languagesLinguistic classificationPhilippineGreater Central PhilippineCentral PhilippineBisayan1.00infobox
Bisayan languagesLinguistic classificationGreater Central PhilippineCentral PhilippineBisayan1.00infobox
Bisayan languagesLinguistic classificationCentral PhilippineBisayan1.00infobox
Bisayan languagesLinguistic classificationBisayan1.00infobox
Bisayan languagesProto-languageProto-Bisayan1.00infobox
Bisayan languagesSubdivisionsAsi Cebuan Central Bisayan West Bisayan South Bisayan1.00infobox
Bisayan languagesrelated to EvidenceDavid Zorc0.60section
Bisayan languagesrelated to EvidenceBisayan0.60section

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