Bikol language

E12341

Austronesian language Bikol language variety Central Philippine language natural language

The Bikol language is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Bicol Region of the Philippines, known for its several regional varieties and close relation to other Central Philippine languages.

Aliases (17)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language → Bikol language variety → Central Philippine language → natural language →
alternativeName	Bicol language → Bicolano language →
closelyRelatedTo	Cebuano language → Tagalog language → Waray language →
country	Philippines →
endonym	Bikol →
glottologCode	biko1243 →
hasBasicWordOrder	VOS → VSO →
hasDialects	Albay Bikol → Central Bikol → Mount Iraya Agta Bikol → Mount Isarog Agta Bikol → Northern Coastal Bikol → Partido Bikol → Rinconada Bikol → Southern Coastal Bikol →
hasEthnicGroup	Bikolano people →
hasLoanwordsFrom	English language → Spanish language → Tagalog language →
hasMajorVariety	Central Bikol language →
hasMorphologicalType	agglutinative language →
hasPhonologicalFeature	Austronesian-type phoneme inventory →
hasScript	Latin alphabet →
ISO639-2Code	bik →
ISO639-3Code	bik →
languageFamily	Austronesian languages →
primaryCity	Naga City →
primaryLanguage	Bikol language →
primaryRegion	Bicol Peninsula →
region	Luzon →
regulatedBy	Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino →
sharesFeatureWith	other Philippine languages →
spokenIn	Bicol Region → Philippines →
subfamily	Central Philippine languages → Malayo-Polynesian languages → Philippine languages →
usedFor	daily communication in Bicol Region →
usedIn	local media in Bicol Region → regional literature →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Greater Central Philippine languages ("Bikol languages") → Southern Luzon languages ("Bikol languages") → Southern Luzon languages ("Bikol Central language") → Southern Luzon languages ("Albay Bikol languages") → Southern Luzon languages ("Southern Catanduanes Bikol language") → Southern Luzon languages ("Northern Catanduanes Bikol language") →	hasMember
Austronesian languages ("Bikol languages") → Austronesian languages ("Bikolano language group") → Austronesian languages ("Bikol languages subgroup") →	hasSubfamily
Mount Iraya Agta Bikol → Partido Bikol → Rinconada Bikol ("Bikol macrolanguage") →	partOf
Bikol language ("Bicol language") → Bikol language ("Bicolano language") →	alternativeName
Central Bikol ("Southern Catanduanes Bikol") → Tagalog ("Bikol") →	closelyRelatedTo
Bikol language ("Northern Coastal Bikol") → Bikol language ("Southern Coastal Bikol") →	hasDialects
Malayo-Polynesian languages → Philippine languages ("Bikol") →	includesLanguage
Central Bikol ("Bikol languages") → Rinconada Bikol ("Bikol languages") →	subclassOf
Partido Bikol ("Bikol macrolanguage") →	belongsTo
Bikol language ("Bikol") →	endonym
Bikolano people ("Bikolano") →	ethnonym
Mount Iraya Agta Bikol →	hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom
Greater Central Philippine languages ("Bikol") →	includesMajorLanguage
Rinconada Bikol →	isInlandVarietyOf
Rinconada Bikol →	isMajorVarietyOf
Bikolano people →	language
Filipino →	majorLanguage
Bikolano people →	primaryLanguage
Bisayan languages subgroup ("Bikol languages") →	relatedTo
Baybayin →	usedToWrite