Editing Cebuano language (section)

==== Northern Kanâ ====
Northern Kanâ (found in the northern part of [[Leyte]]), is closest to the variety of the language spoken in northern part of Leyte, and shows significant influence from Waray-Waray, quite notably in its pace which speakers from Cebu find very fast, and its more mellow tone (compared to the urban Cebu City dialect, which Kana speakers find "rough"). A distinguishing feature of this dialect is the reduction of {{IPA|/A/}} prominent, but an often unnoticed feature of this dialect is the labialisation of {{IPA|/n/}} and {{IPA|/ŋ/}} into {{IPA|/m/}}, when these phonemes come before {{IPA|/p/}}, {{IPA|/b/}} and {{IPA|/m/}}, velarisation of {{IPA|/m/}} and {{IPA|/n/}} into {{IPA|/ŋ/}} before {{IPA|/k/}}, {{IPA|/ɡ/}} and {{IPA|/ŋ/}}, and the dentalisation of {{IPA|/ŋ/}} and {{IPA|/m/}} into {{IPA|/n/}} before {{IPA|/t/}}, {{IPA|/d/}} and {{IPA|/n/}} and sometimes, before vowels and other consonants as well.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Sugbu
!Kanâ
!Waray
!English
|-
|kan-on
|lutò
|lutò
|cooked rice/maize
|-
|kiní/kirí
|kirí/kiní
|iní
|this
|-
|kan
|karâ/kanâ
|itón
|that
|-
|dinhí/dirí
|arí/dinhí/dirí
|didí/ngadí/aadi/dinhi
|here
|-
|dihâ/dinhâ
|dirâ/dihâ/dinhâ
|didâ/ngadâ/aadâ
|there
|-
|bas/balás
|bas/balás
|barás
|soil/sand
|-
|alsa
|arsa
|alsa
|to lift
|-
|bulsa
|bursa
|bulsa
|pocket
|}