Bikol languages
Bikol languages are a group of language spoken by people in the Bicol region on southeastern Luzon in the Philippines. They was highly affected by the Spanish language. They are spoken mostly on the Bicol Peninsula of the island of Luzon, parts of Catanduanes and Burias Islands and Masbate province. There are similar to the Visayan languages. The two together are called the Bisacol languages. Central Bicol or Bicol-Naga is the most spoken language in the Bicol region. It is spoken in the northern and western part of Camarines Sur, second congressional district of Camarines Norte, eastern part of Albay, northeastern part of Sorsogon, San Pascual town of Masbate and southwestern part of Catanduanes. Central Bicol speakers can be found in all the provinces in Bicol, It is a majority language in Camarines Sur.
| Bikol | |
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| Geographic distribution: | Bicol Region |
| Linguistic classification: | Austronesian
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| ISO 639-2 and 639-5: | bik |
 Geographic extent of Bikol languages according to Ethnologue
Bikol proper Bisayan languages in the Bikol region | |
Bikol Languages Media
Geographic distribution of major Bikol languages and dialects across Bicol region; classification based on Lobel (2013); Masbatenyo, Central Sorsogon, and Southern Sorsogon are Bisayan languages but heavily influenced by Bikol.
A speaker of Bicolano, recorded in the United States
A poem written in a Bikol dialect.
Other websites
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Bikol Central edition. |
