Boholano

E228701

Boholano is a regional variety of the Cebuano (Binisaya) language spoken primarily on the island of Bohol in the Philippines.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Boholano canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cebuano dialect
Visayan language variety
regional language variety
closelyRelatedTo Cebuano language
surface form: Cebuano

Hiligaynon language
surface form: Hiligaynon

Waray of Samar
surface form: Waray-Waray
coexistsWith English language
Filipino language
country Philippines
hasAlternativeName Binisaya
surface form: Boholano Binisaya

Cebuano language
surface form: Boholano Cebuano
hasCode no separate ISO 639-3 code from Cebuano
hasDialectContinuumWith Mindanao Cebuano
Cebuano language
surface form: Standard Cebuano

Urban Cebuano
hasLexicalFeature vocabulary items unique to Bohol
hasPhonologicalFeature distinct intonation patterns compared to Standard Cebuano
hasSociolinguisticStatus regional vernacular in Bohol
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith other Cebuano dialects
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Philippine languages
Visayan languages
partOf Cebuano-speaking world
region Bohol Island
surface form: Island of Bohol
spokenIn Bohol Island
surface form: Bohol

Central Visayas
Philippines
subclassOf Austronesian language variety
Binisaya language
Cebuano language
Philippine language variety
typologicalFeature focus-based voice system
rich verbal affixation
verb–initial word order
usedBy Boholano people
inhabitants of Bohol
usedIn everyday communication in Bohol
usesAlphabet Filipino alphabet
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Binisaya hasDialect Boholano
Panglao Island languageSpoken Boholano
Boholano people ethnonym Boholano