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Waray language

Waray (also known as Waray-Waray or Bisayâ/Binisayâ and Winaray/Waray, Spanish: idioma samareño meaning Samar language) is an Austronesian language and the fifth-most-spoken native regional language of the Philippines, native to Eastern Visayas. It is the native language of the Waray people and second language of the Abaknon people of Capul, Northern…

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Dialects

TaclobanAbuyogLeyteCulabaBiliran
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Dialects
Standard Waray (Tacloban dialect), Northern Samar dialect, Calbayog dialect, Culaba-Biliran dialect, Abuyog dialect and 20 other identified dialects and subdialects
Ethnicity
Waray
Glottolog
wara1300
ISO 639-2
war
ISO 639-3
war
Language family
Malayo-PolynesianPhilippineCentral PhilippineBisayanCentral BisayanWarayanWaray · PhilippineCentral PhilippineBisayanCentral BisayanWarayanWaray · Central PhilippineBisayanCentral BisayanWarayanWaray · BisayanCentral BisayanWarayanWaray · Central BisayanWarayanWaray

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Waray language

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples44
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
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Waray language

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related to External links · 26
Waray language → Andras Rajki, Archived, Arte, Bicol, Cebuano, Google BooksArte, Google BooksDiccionario, Hiligaynon, Jehovah's Witnesses, Leite, Lengua Bisaya, Leyte, Library Waray ResourcesA, Michigan, Museum Blog, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, Provincia, Samar, Sámar, University
Language family · 7
Waray language → BisayanCentral BisayanWarayanWaray, Central BisayanWarayanWaray, Central PhilippineBisayanCentral BisayanWarayanWaray, Malayo-PolynesianPhilippineCentral PhilippineBisayanCentral BisayanWarayanWaray, PhilippineCentral PhilippineBisayanCentral BisayanWarayanWaray, Waray, WarayanWaray
Dialects · 1
Waray language → Standard Waray (Tacloban dialect), Northern Samar dialect, Calbayog dialect, Culaba-Biliran dialect, Abuyog dialect and 20 other identified dialects and subdialects
Ethnicity · 1
Waray language → Waray
Glottolog · 1
Waray language → wara1300
ISO 639-2 · 1
Waray language → war
ISO 639-3 · 1
Waray language → war
Native speakers · 1
Waray language → 3.6 million (2015 census)
Native to · 1
Waray language → Philippines
Official language in · 1
Waray language → Regional language in the Philippines

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waray language samar leyte dialects waray-waray native used languages cebuano spanish also philippines symbols philippine regional eastern northern ipa words

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Waray languageDialectsStandard Waray (Tacloban dialect), Northern Samar dialect, Calbayog dialect, Culaba-Biliran dialect, Abuyog dialect and 20 other identified dialects and subdialects1.00infobox
Waray languageEthnicityWaray1.00infobox
Waray languageGlottologwara13001.00infobox
Waray languageISO 639-2war1.00infobox
Waray languageISO 639-3war1.00infobox
Waray languageLanguage familyMalayo-PolynesianPhilippineCentral PhilippineBisayanCentral BisayanWarayanWaray1.00infobox
Waray languageLanguage familyPhilippineCentral PhilippineBisayanCentral BisayanWarayanWaray1.00infobox
Waray languageLanguage familyCentral PhilippineBisayanCentral BisayanWarayanWaray1.00infobox
Waray languageLanguage familyBisayanCentral BisayanWarayanWaray1.00infobox
Waray languageLanguage familyCentral BisayanWarayanWaray1.00infobox
Waray languageLanguage familyWarayanWaray1.00infobox
Waray languageLanguage familyWaray1.00infobox
Waray languageNative speakers3.6 million (2015 census)1.00infobox
Waray languageNative toPhilippines1.00infobox
Waray languageOfficial language inRegional language in the Philippines1.00infobox
Waray languageRegionEastern Visayas, some parts of Masbate, southern part of Sorsogon, and Gibusong Island of Mindanao1.00infobox
Waray languageRegulated byKomisyon sa Wikang Filipino Historically regulated by the Sanghiran san Binisaya ha Samar ug Leyte1.00infobox
Waray languageWriting systemLatin; Historically Baybayin1.00infobox

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