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Visayan languages

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Visayan languages
Native toVisayas
RegionWestern Visayas, Central Visayas & Eastern Visayas
Native speakers
Hiligaynon, Cebuano, Waray (majority languages)
Latin (Abakada or Filipino alphabet);
Historically Badlit
Language codes
ISO 639-3

The Visayan languages are the group languages particularly in some regions of Visayas states including Masbateño (Region V), Western Visayas (Region VI; Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, Aklanon and Capiznon), Central Visayas (Region VII; Cebuano, Negros Cebuano, Boholano & Siquijor) and Eastern Visayas (Region VIII; Waray and Leyte Kanâ).[1]

There are the Visayan languages of state the Western Visayas are Ilonggos or "Hiligaynon" speakers, while in Central is Bisaya "Cebuano" and the Eastern is called Waray-Waray.

Languages/dialects in regions

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Outside of jurisdiction

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Mindanao hilitribal languages

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