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Negros Cebuano dialect

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Negros Cebuano
Native toVisayas
RegionCentral Visayas
Native speakers
Dumaguete, Negros Oriental & east portion of Negros Occidental
Latin (Abakada or Filipino alphabet);
Historically Badlit
Language codes
ISO 639-3

The Negros Cebuano (Cebuano: "mga Negrense"), is a variant dialect of Cebuano language, natively in Negros Oriental and urban city Dumaguete in Central Visayas , They can understand by itself, but mostly in Cebu are pure Cebuano speakers. Both Cebuan, Negrense and Boholanos are called "Bisaya".[1]

Between Negros Occidental Hiligaynon speakers and the Oriental Cebuano speakers having a different language in terms of monotone and vocabulary.[2]

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