Bisayan languages subgroup

E34056
branch of the Austronesian language family language subgroup

The Bisayan languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in the Visayas and parts of Mindanao and Luzon in the Philippines.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Visayan languages 2
Bisaya languages subgroup 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of the Austronesian language family ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Greater Central Philippine languages ⓘ
surface form: Central Philippine languages
geographicDistribution central and southern Philippines ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Bisayan languages subgroup ⓘ
surface form: Bisaya languages subgroup

Visayan languages subgroup ⓘ
hasCommonFeature focus-based voice system ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
use of affixation for grammatical relations ⓘ
hasMember Aklanon language ⓘ
Bantayanon language ⓘ
Butuanon language ⓘ
Capiznon language ⓘ
Cebuano language ⓘ
Cuyonon language ⓘ
Hiligaynon language ⓘ
Inabaknon language ⓘ
Karay-a language ⓘ
Kinaray-a language ⓘ
Masbateño language ⓘ
Porohanon language ⓘ
Romblomanon language ⓘ
Surigaonon language ⓘ
Tausug ⓘ
surface form: Tausug language

Waray language ⓘ
historicalAncestor Proto-Bisayan ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian
linguisticClassification Philippine branch of Austronesian ⓘ
partOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
primaryCountries Philippines ⓘ
region Visayas ⓘ
central Philippines ⓘ
eastern Mindanao ⓘ
Zamboanga Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: western Mindanao
relatedTo Bikol language ⓘ
surface form: Bikol languages

Tagalog ⓘ
surface form: Tagalog language
spokenIn Luzon ⓘ
Mindanao ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Visayas ⓘ
subfamilyOf Central Philippine languages ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
subgroupOf Philippine languages ⓘ
typologically agglutinative ⓘ
usedBy migrant communities in Luzon ⓘ
migrant communities in Mindanao ⓘ
various ethnolinguistic groups in the Visayas ⓘ
wordOrder VSO-dominant ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Bisayan languages subgroup → hasAlternativeName → Bisayan languages subgroup ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bisaya languages subgroup
Greater Central Philippine languages → hasMember → Bisayan languages subgroup ⓘ
this entity surface form: Visayan languages
Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Bisayan languages subgroup ⓘ
Waray language → partOf → Bisayan languages subgroup ⓘ
this entity surface form: Visayan languages