Central Bikol

E67019

Austronesian language Bikol language Philippine language language variety

Central Bikol is a major Austronesian language variety spoken in the Bicol Region of the Philippines, particularly around Naga City and nearby areas.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Central Bikol language	1
Heart of Bicol	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language ⓘ Bikol language ⓘ Philippine language ⓘ language variety ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Albay ⓘ surface form: Albay Bikol Bikol language ⓘ surface form: Southern Catanduanes Bikol
country	Philippines ⓘ
glottocode	cent2087 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Bicol Region ⓘ surface form: Bicol Central Bikol Naga ⓘ surface form: Bicol Naga Bikol Central ⓘ Bikol Naga ⓘ
hasDialect	Bombon dialect ⓘ Canaman dialect ⓘ Libmanan dialect ⓘ Naga City dialect ⓘ Partido dialect ⓘ Pili dialect ⓘ Rinconada-influenced varieties ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	Austronesian alignment ⓘ focus system ⓘ verb-initial word order tendency ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive stress ⓘ five-vowel system ⓘ
hasStandardVariety	Naga City-based standard ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	bcl ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian ⓘ
languageSubfamily	Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
lexifierInfluence	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ Tagalog ⓘ
partOf	Bikol macrolanguage ⓘ
primaryCity	Naga City ⓘ
recognizedAs	major regional language of the Philippines ⓘ
region	Bicol Region ⓘ
spokenIn	Albay ⓘ Camarines Norte ⓘ Camarines Sur ⓘ Catanduanes ⓘ Sorsogon ⓘ
subclassOf	Bikol language ⓘ surface form: Bikol languages
usedBy	Bikolano people ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication in Bicol Region ⓘ local media in Bicol Region ⓘ religious activities in Bicol Region ⓘ
usedInEducation	mother tongue-based multilingual education in the Philippines ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

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

Bikol language → hasDialects → Central Bikol ⓘ

Bikol language → hasMajorVariety → Central Bikol ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Bikol language

Greater Central Philippine languages → hasMember → Central Bikol ⓘ

Naga → hasNickname → Central Bikol ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heart of Bicol

Partido Bikol → hasSuperdialect → Central Bikol ⓘ

Philippine languages → includesLanguage → Central Bikol ⓘ

Bicol Region → language → Central Bikol ⓘ

Rinconada Bikol → neighboringLanguage → Central Bikol ⓘ

Greater Central Philippine languages → notableLanguage → Central Bikol ⓘ

Naga City → regionalLanguage → Central Bikol ⓘ

Rinconada Bikol → typologicallySimilarTo → Central Bikol ⓘ