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{{Short description|Language family of the Philippines}} {{Distinguish|Brunei Bisaya language}} {{Infobox language family | name = Bisayan | altname = Bisayâ<br>Binisayâ<br>Visayan | region = [[Visayas]], most parts of [[Mindanao]], [[Mimaropa]] in the [[Philippines]], [[Sabah]] in [[Malaysia]], [[North Kalimantan]] in [[Indonesia]] and [[Overseas Filipino Workers|immigrant communities]] | ethnicity = [[Visayans]] | familycolor = Austronesian | fam2 = [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]] | fam3 = [[Philippine languages|Philippine]] | fam4 = [[Greater Central Philippine languages|Greater Central Philippine]] | fam5 = [[Central Philippine languages|Central Philippine]] | protoname = Proto-Bisayan | child1 = [[Asi language|Asi]]<br>[[Cebuano language|Cebuan]]<br>Central Bisayan<br>West Bisayan<br>South Bisayan | glotto = bisa1268 | glottorefname = Bisayan | map = Visayan languages map.png | mapcaption = Geographic extent of Bisayan languages based on [[Ethnologue]] and the [[Philippine Statistics Authority|National Statistics Office]] 2000 Census of Population and Housing '''Cebuan''' {{legend|#007b42|[[Cebuano language|Cebuano]]}} '''Central Bisayan''' {{legend|#0a76d1|[[Waray language|Waray]]}} {{legend|#48bede|[[Baybayanon language|Baybayanon]]}} {{legend|#5a93c4|[[Kabalian language|Kabalian]]}} {{legend|#0c3d73|[[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon]]}} {{legend|#0c657f|[[Capiznon language|Capiznon]]}} {{legend|#81b8e7|[[Romblomanon language|Romblomanon]]}} {{legend|#10d1e8|[[Bantayanon language|Bantayanon]]}} {{legend|#0cb6d5|[[Porohanon language|Porohanon]]}} {{legend|#062b35|[[Ati language (Philippines)|Ati]]}} {{legend|#232727|[[Masbateño language|Masbateño]]}} {{legend|#414747|[[Southern Sorsogon language|Southern Sorsogon]]}} {{legend|#000000|[[Masbate Sorsogon language|Northern Sorsogon]]}} '''West Bisayan''' {{legend|#ce1b78|[[Cuyonon language|Cuyonon]]}} {{legend|#8f3e6e|[[Caluyanon language|Caluyanon]]}} {{legend|#aa1bce|[[Aklanon language|Aklanon]]}} {{legend|#610b9e|[[Karay-a language|Karay-a]]}} {{legend|#ea66f2|[[Inonhan language|Inonhan]]}} {{legend|#9a0753|[[Ratagnon language|Ratagnon]]}} '''Asi''' {{legend|#642c06|[[Asi language|Asi]]}} '''South Bisayan''' {{legend|#c12939|[[Surigaonon language|Surigaonon]]}} {{legend|#dea711|[[Butuanon language|Butuanon]]}} {{legend|#de6311|[[Tausug language|Tausug]]}} '''Other legend''' {{legend striped|#007b42|#b9b9b9|Widespread/L2 use of [[Cebuano language|Cebuano]]}} {{legend striped|#0c3d73|#b9b9b9|Widespread/L2 use of [[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon]]}} }} The '''Bisayan languages''' or '''Visayan languages'''<ref>{{cite book |last=Adelaar |first=Alexander |year=2005 |chapter=The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar: a historical perspective |editor-last1=Adelaar |editor-first1=Alexander |editor-last2=Himmelmann |editor-first2=Nikolaus |title=The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar |pages=1–42 |location=London |publisher=Routledge}}, page 16.</ref> are a subgroup of the [[Austronesian languages]] spoken in the [[languages of the Philippines|Philippines]]. They are most closely related to [[Tagalog language|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 southern part of the [[Bicol Region]] (particularly in [[Masbate]] and [[Sorsogon]] where several dialects of [[Waray language|Waray]] are spoken), islands south of [[Luzon]], such as those that make up [[Romblon]], most of the areas of [[Mindanao]] and the province of [[Sulu Province|Sulu]] located southwest of Mindanao. Some residents of [[Metro Manila]] also speak one of the Bisayan languages. Over 30 languages constitute the Bisayan language family. The Bisayan language with the most speakers is [[Cebuano language|Cebuano]], spoken by 20 million people as a native language in [[Central Visayas]], parts of [[Eastern Visayas]], and most of [[Mindanao]]. Two other well-known and widespread Bisayan languages are [[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon (Ilonggo)]], spoken by 9 million in most of [[Western Visayas]] and [[Soccsksargen]]; and [[Waray-Waray language|Waray-Waray]], spoken by 6 million in [[Eastern Visayas]] region. Prior to colonization, the script and calligraphy of most of the Visayan peoples was the [[badlit]], closely related to the Tagalog [[baybayin]].
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