Waray language

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Austronesian language Philippine language Visayan language

Waray is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, particularly on Samar and nearby islands.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Waray-Waray 12
Waray 6
Eastern Samar Waray 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Philippine language ⓘ
Visayan language ⓘ
alternativeName Lineyte-Samarnon ⓘ
Waray language ⓘ
surface form: Waray-Waray

Winaray ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Cebuano language ⓘ
Hiligaynon language ⓘ
Masbateño language ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
glottocode wara1300 ⓘ
hasDialect Abuyog dialect ⓘ
Borongan dialect ⓘ
Calbayog dialect ⓘ
Calbayog dialect ⓘ
surface form: Catbalogan dialect

Northern Samar dialects ⓘ
Tacloban dialect ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature focus/voice system typical of Philippine languages ⓘ
inclusive and exclusive first-person plural pronouns ⓘ
verb–initial word order tendency ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant gemination in some dialects ⓘ
simple vowel system ⓘ
iso639-1Code none ⓘ
iso639-2Code war ⓘ
iso639-3Code war ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian

Central Philippine languages ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Malayo-Polynesian

Philippine subgroup ⓘ
numberOfSpeakers millions ⓘ
partOf Bisayan languages subgroup ⓘ
surface form: Visayan languages
region Eastern Visayas ⓘ
regulatoryBody Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (for Filipino based on Tagalog) ⓘ
surface form: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
spokenIn Biliran Island ⓘ
Eastern Samar ⓘ
Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Leyte ⓘ
surface form: Leyte Island

Northern Samar ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Samar Island ⓘ
Samar Province ⓘ
northeastern Leyte ⓘ
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
local literature ⓘ
local media ⓘ
radio broadcasting ⓘ
religious services ⓘ
usedInEducation mother tongue-based multilingual education in the Philippines ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Lineyte-Samarnon → altName → Waray language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waray-Waray
Winaray → altName → Waray language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waray
Winaray → altName → Waray language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waray-Waray
Waray language → alternativeName → Waray language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waray-Waray
Lineyte-Samarnon → alternativeNameOf → Waray language ⓘ
Bikol language → closelyRelatedTo → Waray language ⓘ
Binisaya → closelyRelatedTo → Waray language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waray
Cebuano language → closelyRelatedTo → Waray language ⓘ
Winaray → hasDialect → Waray language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tacloban Waray
Winaray → hasDialect → Waray language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Samar Waray
Bisayan languages subgroup → hasMember → Waray language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waray-Waray
Philippine languages → includesLanguage → Waray language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waray-Waray
this entity surface form: Waray-Waray
Eastern Samar → language → Waray language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waray
Visayas → language → Waray language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waray-Waray
Biliran Island → localLanguage → Waray language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waray
Northern Samar → localLanguage → Waray language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waray-Waray
Samar Province → localLanguage → Waray language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waray-Waray
Samar Province → localLanguage → Waray language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waray
Eastern Samar → majorLanguage → Waray language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waray-Waray
Filipino → majorLanguage → Waray language ⓘ
Winaray → nativeName → Waray language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waray
this entity surface form: Waray-Waray
Calbayog dialect → partOfLanguage → Waray language ⓘ
Samar Island → primaryLanguage → Waray language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waray-Waray