Binisaya

E45639

Binisaya is a major Austronesian language of the Philippines, widely spoken in the Central Visayas and parts of Mindanao.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Bisaya 4
Binisaya canonical 1
Binisaya languages 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Philippine language
Visayan language
alternativeName Bisaya
linked to: Binisaya

Cebuano
linked to: Cebuano language

Sinugbuanon
closelyRelatedTo Hiligaynon
linked to: Hiligaynon language

Kinaray-a
Waray
linked to: Waray language
country Philippines
hasDialect Boholano
Davaoeño Cebuano
Leyte Cebuano
Mindanao Cebuano
Northern Zamboanga Cebuano
Urban Cebuano
linked to: Cebuano language
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
focus-based voice system
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length is not phonemic
rich system of verbal affixation
ISO639-2Code ceb
ISO639-3Code ceb
languageFamily Austronesian
lexifierFor Chavacano Cebuano-based creoles
majorCityWhereSpoken Butuan
Cagayan de Oro
Cebu City
linked to: Cebu

Davao City
Dumaguete
General Santos
Iligan
Tacloban
Tagbilaran
officialStatus recognized regional language in the Philippines
primaryWordOrder verb–subject–object
region Caraga
Central Visayas
Davao Region
Eastern Visayas
Metropolitan Cebu
Northern Mindanao
Soccsksargen
Western Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian
subgroup Greater Central Philippine languages
Philippine languages
Visayan languages
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn Central Visayas
parts of Mindanao
usedIn education in some regions of the Philippines
local media in Mindanao
local media in the Visayas
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cebuano language alternativeName Bisaya
linked to: Binisaya
Cebuano language hasDialect Davaoeño Cebuano
linked to: Binisaya
Binisaya alternativeName Bisaya
linked to: Binisaya
Cebuano people nativeName Bisaya
linked to: Binisaya
Boholano hasAlternativeName Boholano Binisaya
linked to: Binisaya
Visayan languages alsoKnownAs Binisaya languages
linked to: Binisaya
Davao Oriental localLanguage Bisaya
linked to: Binisaya