Binisaya

E45639

Austronesian language Philippine language Visayan language

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

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language → Philippine language → Visayan language →
alternativeName	Bisaya → Cebuano → Sinugbuanon →
closelyRelatedTo	Hiligaynon → Kinaray-a → Waray →
country	Philippines →
hasDialect	Boholano → Davaoeño Cebuano → Leyte Cebuano → Mindanao Cebuano → Northern Zamboanga Cebuano → 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 →
lexifierFor	Chavacano Cebuano-based creoles →
majorCityWhereSpoken	Butuan → Cagayan de Oro → 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 →
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 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Binisaya ("Bisaya") → Cebuano language → Cebuano language ("Bisaya") →	alternativeName
Cebuano language ("Davaoeño Cebuano") →	hasDialect
Cebuano people ("Bisaya") →	nativeName