Visayan languages

Visayan languages
Native to	Visayas
Region	Western Visayas, Central Visayas & Eastern Visayas
Native speakers	Hiligaynon, Cebuano, Waray (majority languages)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Greater Central Philippine including Boholano Davaoeño Mindanao Cebuano Visayan languages
Writing system	Latin (Abakada or Filipino alphabet); Historically Badlit
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

The Visayan languages are the group languages particularly in some regions of Visayas states including Masbateño (Region V), Western Visayas (Region VI; Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, Aklanon and Capiznon), Central Visayas (Region VII; Cebuano, Negros Cebuano, Boholano & Siquijor) and Eastern Visayas (Region VIII; Waray and Leyte Kanâ).

There are the Visayan languages of state the Western Visayas are Ilonggos or "Hiligaynon" speakers, while in Central is Bisaya "Cebuano" and the Eastern is called Waray-Waray.

Languages/dialects in regions

• Western Visayas (Region VI)
  • Aklanon
  • Capiznon
  • Hiligaynon
  • Kinaray-a

• Central Visayas (Region VII)
  • Negros Cebuano
  • Standard Cebuano
  • Boholano Cebuano

• Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)
  • Leyte Cebuano
  • Standard Waray

Outside of jurisdiction

• Bicol Region (Region V)
  • Masbateño
  • Sorsoganon

Mindanao hilitribal languages

• Davao Region (Region XI)
  • Davaoeño Cebuano
• Mindanao
  • Mindanao Cebuano