Bisakol (
portmanteau
A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of words[Bisayan languages
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spoken in the
Bicol Region
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. Men and women are differentiated by the following terms, ''Bisakolero'' and ''Bisakolera''.
These languages include
Sorsoganon, a group of
Warayan speech varieties of
Sorsogon
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, namely Central Sorsogon (''Masbate Sorsogon'') and
Southern Sorsogon (''Waray Sorsogon''). The latter is spoken in seven municipalities in Southern Sorsogon, viz.
Matnog
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,
Gubat
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,
Bulan,
Irosin
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, Sta. Magdalena, Barcelona and
Bulusan. Southern Sorsogon is closely related to the
Waray spoken in
Northern Samar.
of
Masbate
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is closer to the languages of
Panay,
Capiznon and
Hiligaynon. It retains
Bicolano influence from its inclusion in the Bicol Region, both politically and geographically. Despite its name, Masbate Sorsogon is closer to
Waray than to Masbatenyo, but this coast of Sorsogon Bay where Masbate Sorsogon is spoken has had a lot of contact with
Masbate Island
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.
On the ''
Ethnologue'' map of the region, Masbate Sorsogon is 82, Masbatenyo is 85 and Waray Sorsogon is 83.
Classification
According to Zorc,
the Bisakol languages all classify under the Central Bisayan group.
Vocabulary
The following examples are taken from McFarland,
in comparison with other Bikol area dialects as well as some Bisayan languages from Zorc.
Pronouns
References
Visayan languages
Language contact
Languages of Sorsogon
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