Bisakol (

portmanteau A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordsBisayan languages The Bisayan languages or Visayan languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines. They are most closely related to Tagalog and the Bikol languages, all of which are part of the Central Philippine languages. Mo ...

spoken in the

Bicol Region Bicol, known formally as the Bicol Region or colloquially as Bicolandia ( bcl, Rehiyon kan Bikol; Rinconada Bikol: ''Rehiyon ka Bikol''; Waray Sorsogon, Masbateño: ''Rehiyon san Bikol''; tl, Rehiyon ng Bikol), is an administrative region of ...

. Men and women are differentiated by the following terms, ''Bisakolero'' and ''Bisakolera''. These languages include Sorsoganon, a group of Warayan speech varieties of

Sorsogon Sorsogon, officially the Province of Sorsogon (Bikol language, Bikol: ''Probinsya kan Sorsogon''; Waray language, Waray: ''Probinsya han Sorsogon''; tl, Lalawigan ng Sorsogon), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines locat ...

, namely Central Sorsogon (''Masbate Sorsogon'') and Southern Sorsogon (''Waray Sorsogon''). The latter is spoken in seven municipalities in Southern Sorsogon, viz. Matnog,

Gubat Gubat, officially the Municipality of Gubat ( Gubatnon: ''Bungto san Gubat''; war, Bungto han Gubat, tl, Bayan ng Gubat), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of ...

, Bulan, Irosin, Sta. Magdalena, Barcelona and

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. Southern Sorsogon is closely related to the

Waray Waray may refer to: * Waray people of the Philippines * Waray language, the fifth most spoken native language of the Philippines, spoken by the Waray people * Waray literature * Warray language Warray (Waray) was an Australian language spoken ...

spoken in

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. Masbateño of Masbate is closer to the languages of

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Capiznon Capiznon or Capiceño () is an Austronesian regional language spoken in Western Visayas in the Philippines. Capiznon is concentrated in the province of Capiz in the northeast of Panay Island. It is a member of the Bisayan language family and th ...

and Hiligaynon. It retains

Bicolano Bikol or Bicol usually refers to: *Bicol Region, the administrative region in the Philippines Bikol or Bicol may also refer to: Languages and people *Bikol languages, the languages spoken in the Bicol region in the Philippines **Albay Bikol lang ...

influence from its inclusion in the Bicol Region, both politically and geographically. Despite its name, Masbate Sorsogon is closer to

than to Masbatenyo, but this coast of Sorsogon Bay where Masbate Sorsogon is spoken has had a lot of contact with Masbate Island. On the ''

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'' 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 {{CPhilippine-lang-stub