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| Bikol | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
Bicol Region |
| Genetic classification: |
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Philippine Bikol |
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For the languages spoken in Bicol Region, see Languages of Bicol.
The Bikol languages are a group of Central Philippine languages spoken particularly on the Bicol Peninsula on the island of Luzon and parts of Catanduanes and Burias Island, Masbate Province. There is also a continuum between Visayan languages and Bikol languages, called Bisakol languages.
Five of the eight Bikol languages belong to a Bikol macrolanguage (ISO 639: bik). The eight varieties of Bikol according to the Ethnologue 15 are:
- Coastal Bikol (Northern)
- Inland Bikol (Southern)
- Agta, Mt. Iriga - agz
- Albay Bicolano (Buhi-Daraga) - bhk (part of ISO 639: bik)
- Iriga Bicolano - bto (part of ISO 639: bik)
- Pandan (Northern Catanduanes) - cts (part of ISO 639: bik)
External links
- Translate Bikol an online English-Bikol and Bisakol languages translator
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