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.
this entity surface form:
Northern Samarenyo Waray