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Kinabalian
The Kabalian (Cabalian) language, ''Kinabalian'', is spoken in the municipality of San Juan, Southern Leyte, San Juan in the province of Southern Leyte in the Philippines. It is closely related to Waray-Waray language, Waray-Waray. Native speakers refer to the language as ''Cabalianon'' or ''Kinabalianon''. This language shares certain characteristics with Cebuano language, Cebuano, Boholano language, Boholano, and Surigaonon language, Surigaonon mainly because of the seafaring livelihood of pre-Hispanic inhabitants of Cabalian, documented by Spanish explorers. Waray did not make inroads into the southern portion of Leyte because of the mountains separating the north and south portions of the island. This is coherent under the principle of ''mountains divide; seas unite'' in the spread of Philippine languages. The heaviest influence on Cabalianon is Surigaonon, owing to the contact between Cabalian and Surigao in the early Spanish period. Cabalianons, as well as the natives of So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Leyte Province
Southern Leyte ( ceb, Habagatang Leyte; Kabalian: ''Habagatan nga Leyte''; war, Salatan nga Leyte; tl, Timog Leyte), officially the Province of Southern Leyte, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Maasin. Southern Leyte comprised the third congressional district Leyte until it was made into an independent province in 1959. Southern Leyte includes Limasawa, an island to the south where the first Roman Catholic Mass in Philippine soil is believed to have taken place and thus considered to be the birthplace of Roman Catholicism in the Philippines. The province ranks as the second least populated in the region. According to the 2020 census, the province has a population of 429,573. Southern Leyte's geological features created several issues in the province after the flooding of the Subangdaku River and the 2006 mudslide in Guinsaugon. Organizations warned the province it was susceptible to natural occurrences like la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
