This article is about the various dialects of the Bicol Region. For the standardized dialect of Bikol based on the Canaman variant often simply known as "Bikol", see Central Bikol.
Bikol
Geographic distribution
Bicol Region
Linguistic classification
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine
Greater Central Philippine
Central Philippine
Bikol
Proto-language
Proto-Bikol
Subdivisions
Coastal Bikol
Inland Bikol
Pandan Bikol
ISO 639-2 / 5
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ISO 639-3
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Glottolog
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Geographic extent of Bikol languages according to Ethnologue
Bikol proper
Bisayan languages in the Bikol region
Geographic distribution of major Bikol languages and dialects across Bicol region; classification based on Lobel (2013); Masbatenyo, Central Sorsogon, and Southern Sorsogon are Bisayan languages but heavily influenced by Bikol.A speaker of Bicolano, recorded in the United States
The Bikol languages or Bicolano languages are a group of Central Philippine languages spoken mostly in the Bicol Peninsula in the southeastern part of Luzon, the neighboring island-province of Catanduanes, and the island of Burias in Masbate.
The Bikollanguages or Bicolano languages are a group of Central Philippine languages spoken mostly in the Bicol Peninsula in the southeastern part of...
Central Bikol, commonly called Bikol Naga or simply as Bikol, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bicolanos, primarily in the Bicol Region of southern...
Albay Bikol, or simply Albayanon is a group of languages and one of the three languages that compose Inland Bikol. It is spoken in the southwestern coast...
of the Bikol macrolanguage. It belongs to the Austronesian language family that also includes most Philippine languages, the Formosan languages of Taiwanese...
languages of the Bikollanguage subgroup, called Bikol macrolanguages, Austronesian languages closely grouped under the Central Philippine languages family...
Pandan Bikol, or Northern Catanduanes Bicolano, is one of the three groups of the Bikollanguages. It is spoken in Pandan and northeastern portion of Catanduanes...
related to Tagalog and the Bikollanguages, all of which are part of the Central Philippine languages. Most Bisayan languages are spoken in the whole Visayas...
written in these languages.[citation needed] The diglossia is more evident in the case of other languages such as Pangasinan, Kapampangan, Bikol, Waray, Hiligaynon...
(portmanteau of Bisaya and Bikol) is an informal term for the three Bisayan languages spoken in the Bicol Region. These languages include Sorsoganon, a group...
Coastal Bikol (Central Bikol: Baybayon na Bikol) is one of the three groups or family languages of Bikollanguages. It includes Mt. Isarog Agta, Mt. Iraya...
Southern Catanduanes Bikol, or Virac is one of the Bikollanguages of Catanduanes in the Philippines. Southern Catanduanes Bikol at Ethnologue (18th ed...
Central Bikollanguage since other Coastal Bikollanguages, Rinconada Bikol and Buhinon (both Inland Bikol) are separate languages. The Rinconada Bikol also...
to: Bikollanguages, the languages spoken in the Bicol region in the Philippines Albay Bikollanguage, a language of Bicol Central Bikollanguage, a language...
Inagta Partido has borrowed heavily from Bikollanguages such as Bikol Naga and Bikol Partido, but has a non-Bikol substratum. Imperial 2018, p. 19. Imperial...
Albay Bikollanguages and Rinconada Bikol are members of Inland Bikol group of languages while Central Bikol is a language member of Coastal Bikol. The...
official languages, alongside English. Tagalog is closely related to other Philippine languages, such as the Bikollanguages, the Bisayan languages, Ilocano...
Filipino), Bikol, and the major Visayan languages Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Kinaray-a, and Tausug, with some forty languages all together. The languages are...
Northeastern Luzon Agta languages, and, to a lesser extent, from Ilocano (the dominant native language of north Aurora), Bikollanguages, Kapampangan, Gaddang...
Philippine languages (40 languages, including Tagalog, Bikollanguages and Visayan languages) Palawan languages (3 languages) Subanen languages (6 languages; sometimes...
as the "Father of Bikol Literature," and the "Father of Bisayan Literature." He published the first newspaper in the Bikollanguage, An Parabareta (1899–1900)...
Camarines Norte (Central Bikol: Amihanan na Camarines; Filipino: Hilagang Camarines), officially the Province of Camarines Norte (Bikol: Probinsya kan Amihanan...
languages (including Tagalog, Bikollanguages, and Bisayan languages) South Mangyan languages Palawanic languages Subanen languages Danao languages (including...
related dialects of Bikol, largely differentiated according to cities, and closely related to other central Philippines languages, all of which belong...
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Waray language. In either case, English and Filipino are the official languages used in education and government communication. The Bikollanguages are...
administratively-recognized, languages of sovereign countries, regions, and supra-national institutions. The article also lists lots of languages which have no administrative...
Lisboa dictionary contains many archaic forms of Bikol no longer found in modern spoken Naga Bikol. a- aN- ali(N)-, li-, ari(N)- alu-, aru- ati- ba-...
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