Binisaya

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Binisaya is a major Austronesian language of the Philippines, widely spoken in the Central Visayas and parts of Mindanao.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Bisaya 4
Binisaya canonical 1
Binisaya languages 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Philippine language
Visayan language
alternativeName Binisaya
surface form: Bisaya

Cebuano language
surface form: Cebuano

Sinugbuanon
closelyRelatedTo Hiligaynon language
surface form: Hiligaynon

Kinaray-a
Waray language
surface form: Waray
country Philippines
hasDialect Boholano
Davaoeño Cebuano
Leyte Cebuano
Mindanao Cebuano
Northern Zamboanga Cebuano
Cebuano language
surface form: Urban Cebuano
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
focus-based voice system
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length is not phonemic
rich system of verbal affixation
ISO639-2Code ceb
ISO639-3Code ceb
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
lexifierFor Chavacano Cebuano-based creoles
majorCityWhereSpoken Butuan
Cagayan de Oro
Cebu
surface form: Cebu City

Davao City
Dumaguete
General Santos
Iligan
Tacloban
Tagbilaran
officialStatus recognized regional language in the Philippines
primaryWordOrder verb–subject–object
region Caraga
Central Visayas
Davao Region
Eastern Visayas
Metropolitan Cebu
Northern Mindanao
Soccsksargen
Western Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
subgroup Greater Central Philippine languages
Philippine languages
Visayan languages
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn Central Visayas
parts of Mindanao
usedIn education in some regions of the Philippines
local media in Mindanao
local media in the Visayas
writingSystem Latin script

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Instruction
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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Binisaya
Description of subject: Binisaya is a major Austronesian language of the Philippines, widely spoken in the Central Visayas and parts of Mindanao.

Referenced by (8)

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

Cebuano language alternativeName Binisaya
this entity surface form: Bisaya
Cebuano language hasDialect Binisaya
this entity surface form: Davaoeño Cebuano
Binisaya alternativeName Binisaya
this entity surface form: Bisaya
Cebuano people nativeName Binisaya
this entity surface form: Bisaya
Boholano hasAlternativeName Binisaya
this entity surface form: Boholano Binisaya
Visayan languages alsoKnownAs Binisaya
this entity surface form: Binisaya languages
Davao Oriental localLanguage Binisaya
this entity surface form: Bisaya