Winaray

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Winaray is an Austronesian language spoken primarily in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, particularly in Samar, northern Leyte, and nearby areas.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Northern Samarenyo Waray 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Philippine language
natural language
altName Lineyte-Samarnon
Lineyte-Samarnon
surface form: Samarnon

Waray language
surface form: Waray

Waray language
surface form: Waray-Waray
closelyRelatedTo Cebuano language
surface form: Cebuano

Hiligaynon language
surface form: Hiligaynon

Masbateño
country Philippines
GlottologCode wara1300
hasDialect Waray language
surface form: Eastern Samar Waray

Northern Samar
surface form: Northern Samar Waray

Waray language
surface form: Tacloban Waray
hasEstimatedSpeakers millions of speakers
hasGrammaticalFeature focus-based voice system
use of particles to mark aspect and mood
verb–initial word order tendency
hasLinguisticAncestor Proto-Austronesian NERFINISHED
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED
Proto-Philippine language
surface form: Proto-Philippine
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant inventory similar to other Visayan languages
simple vowel system
hasWikipediaLanguageEdition Waray Wikipedia
ISO639-2Code war
ISO639-3Code war
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
Philippine languages
nativeName Waray language
surface form: Waray

Waray-Waray
Winaray self-link
region Eastern Visayas
spokenIn Biliran
Eastern Samar
Eastern Visayas
Northern Leyte
Northern Samar
Philippines
Samar Province
surface form: Samar

Samar Province
surface form: Western Samar
subclassOf Visayan languages
surface form: Visayan language
usedAs vernacular language
usedByEthnicGroup Waray people
usedIn local media in Eastern Visayas
primary education in some areas of Eastern Visayas
usedInReligion local Christian liturgy in Eastern Visayas
writingSystem Latin script

Referenced by (4)

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

Lineyte-Samarnon altName Winaray
Northern Samar localLanguage Winaray
this entity surface form: Northern Samarenyo Waray
Winaray nativeName Winaray self-link