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Tattao a Bisayano

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Ti Dagiti Bisaya (Ingles: Visayans) ket di Tattao a Filipino ethnic group whose members ket dagiti ingay iti umuna wenno balin iti pagsasao a Bisaya, ti moste waydli nga sao di Cebuano, Hiligaynon, ken Waray-Waray.

Map of the Philippines showing the locations of Visayas, Mindanao and Luzon region.


Kabisay-an refers both to the Visayan people collectively and the lands occupied by them. The English translation, Visayas, is used only to refer to the latter. From a geopolitical standpoint, the Philippine region of the Visayas comprises the following islands: Panay, Romblon, Guimaras, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor, Leyte, Biliran and Samar.

Visayans refer to their respective languages as Binisaya or Bisaya. The table below lists the Philippine languages classified as Visayan by the Summer Institute of Linguistics. Although all of them belong to the same language family of Visayan, not all speakers identify themselves as Visayan. The Tausūg ethnic group, for instance, only use Bisaya to refer to Christian Visayan-speakers.

Language SpeakersDate/source
Aklanon394,5451990 census
Ati1,5001980 SIL
Bantoanon(Asi)200,0002002 SIL
Butuanon34,5471990 census
Caluyanon30,0001994 SIL
Capiznon638,6532000
Cebuano20,043,50211995 census
Cuyonon123,3841990 census
Hiligaynon7,000,00011995
Inonhan85,8292000 WCD
Kinaray-a377,5291994 SIL
Malaynon8,5001973 SIL
Masbatenio350,0002002 SIL
Porohanon23,000
Ratagnon22000 Wurm
Romblomanon(Ini)200,0001987 SIL
Sorsogon, Masbate85,0001975 census
Sorsogon, Waray185,0001975 census
Surigaonon344,9741990 census
Tausug900,00022000 SIL
Waray-Waray2,437,6881990 census
Total33,463,654

1 Philippines only.
2 Philippines only; 1,022,000 worldwide.