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vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" 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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8B%8A%E1%8A%93%E1%88%AB%E1%8B%AD%E1%8A%9B" title="ዊናራይኛ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ዊናራይኛ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A9_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A" title="لغة واراي واراي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="لغة واراي واراي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waray" title="Waray – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Waray" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varay_dili" title="Varay dili – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Varay dili" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waray-Waray-g%C3%AD" title="Waray-Waray-gí – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Waray-Waray-gí" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Варайская мова – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Варайская мова" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tataramon_na_Waray-Waray" title="Tataramon na Waray-Waray – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Tataramon na Waray-Waray" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winarayeg" title="Winarayeg – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Winarayeg" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waray-waray" title="Waray-waray – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Waray-waray" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winaray" title="Winaray – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Winaray" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waraj%C5%A1tina" title="Warajština – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Warajština" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waray" title="Waray – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Waray" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waray-Waray" title="Waray-Waray – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Waray-Waray" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varai_keel" title="Varai keel – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Varai keel" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioma_samare%C3%B1o" title="Idioma samareño – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Idioma samareño" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varaja_lingvo" title="Varaja lingvo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Varaja lingvo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warayera" title="Warayera – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Warayera" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C" title="زبان وینارایی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="زبان وینارایی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waray-Waray_bhasa" title="Waray-Waray bhasa – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Waray-Waray bhasa" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waray-waray" title="Waray-waray – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Waray-waray" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_waray-waray" title="Lingua waray-waray – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Lingua waray-waray" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waray-Waray-ng%C3%AE" title="Waray-Waray-ngî – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Waray-Waray-ngî" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%99%80%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EC%96%B4" title="와라이어 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="와라이어" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B6" title="Վարայերեն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վարայերեն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BE" title="वराय भाषा – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="वराय भाषा" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagsasao_a_Waraywaray" title="Pagsasao a Waraywaray – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Pagsasao a Waraywaray" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahasa_Waray" title="Bahasa Waray – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bahasa Waray" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_waray-waray" title="Lingua waray-waray – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Lingua waray-waray" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanung_Waray" title="Amanung Waray – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Amanung Waray" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwaray-Waray" title="Kiwaray-Waray – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Kiwaray-Waray" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9-%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9_(%D0%BA%D1%8B%D0%B2)" title="Варай-варай (кыв) – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Варай-варай (кыв)" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziman%C3%AA_waray%C3%AE" title="Zimanê warayî – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Zimanê warayî" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varaju_valoda" title="Varaju valoda – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Varaju valoda" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varaj%C5%B3_kalba" title="Varajų kalba – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Varajų kalba" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%98%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Варајски јазик – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Варајски јазик" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%BA%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89" title="لغه الواراى الواراى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="لغه الواراى الواراى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C" title="وینارایی – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="وینارایی" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" 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data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%99zyk_warajski" title="Język warajski – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Język warajski" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADngua_waray-waray" title="Língua waray-waray – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Língua waray-waray" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limba_waray-waray" title="Limba waray-waray – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Limba waray-waray" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA" title="Варайский язык – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Варайский язык" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa%CA%BBawaray" title="Faʻawaray – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="Faʻawaray" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a 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title="Philippines">Philippines</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Region</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Visayas" title="Eastern Visayas">Eastern Visayas</a>, some parts of <a href="/wiki/Masbate" title="Masbate">Masbate</a>, southern part of <a href="/wiki/Sorsogon" title="Sorsogon">Sorsogon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gibusong_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Gibusong Island">Gibusong Island</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mindanao" title="Mindanao">Mindanao</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Ethnicity</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Waray_people" title="Waray people">Waray</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Native speakers</div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">3.6 million (2015 census)<sup id="cite_ref-e19_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e19-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><span class="wrap"><a href="/wiki/Language_family" title="Language family">Language family</a></span></div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Austronesian_languages" title="Austronesian languages">Austronesian</a> <ul style="line-height:100%; margin-left:1.35em;padding-left:0"><li> <a href="/wiki/Malayo-Polynesian_languages" title="Malayo-Polynesian languages">Malayo-Polynesian</a><ul style="line-height:100%;margin-left:0.45em;padding-left:0;"><li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_languages" title="Philippine languages">Philippine</a><ul style="line-height:100%;margin-left:0.45em;padding-left:0;"><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Philippine_languages" title="Central Philippine languages">Central Philippine</a><ul style="line-height:100%;margin-left:0.45em;padding-left:0;"><li><a href="/wiki/Bisayan_languages" title="Bisayan languages">Bisayan</a><ul style="line-height:100%;margin-left:0.45em;padding-left:0;"><li>Central Bisayan<ul style="line-height:100%;margin-left:0.45em;padding-left:0;"><li><b>Waray</b></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Dialects</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Standard Waray (Tacloban dialect), Northern Samar dialect, Calbayog dialect, Culaba-Biliran dialect, Abuyog dialect and 20 other identified dialects and subdialects</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><span class="wrap"><a href="/wiki/Writing_system" title="Writing system">Writing system</a></span></div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Latin_script" title="Latin script">Latin</a>;<br /><i>Historically <a href="/wiki/Visayan_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Visayan alphabet">Baybayin</a></i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: black; background-color: pink;">Official status</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Official language in</div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Regional_language" title="Regional language">Regional language</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_language_regulators" title="List of language regulators">Regulated by</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Komisyon_sa_Wikang_Filipino" class="mw-redirect" title="Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino">Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino</a><br /><i>Historically regulated by the <a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanghiran_san_Binisaya" class="extiw" title="war:Sanghiran san Binisaya">Sanghiran san Binisaya ha Samar ug Leyte</a></i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: black; background-color: pink;">Language codes</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/ISO_639-2" title="ISO 639-2">ISO 639-2</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><code><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">Help:IPA</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236303919">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-has-images-with-white-backgrounds img{background:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-has-images-with-white-backgrounds img{background:white}}</style> <p><b>Waray</b> (also known as <b>Waray-Waray</b> or <b>Bisayâ/Binisayâ nga Winaray/Waray</b>, <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>: <i lang="es">idioma samareño</i> meaning <a href="/wiki/Samar" title="Samar">Samar</a> language) is an <a href="/wiki/Austronesian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Austronesian language">Austronesian language</a> and the fifth-most-spoken native <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippines" title="Languages of the Philippines">regional language</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, native to <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Visayas" title="Eastern Visayas">Eastern Visayas</a>. It is the native language of the <a href="/wiki/Waray_people" title="Waray people">Waray people</a> and second language of the Abaknon people of Capul, Northern Samar, and some Cebuano-speaking peoples of western and southern parts of Leyte island. It is the third most spoken language among the <a href="/wiki/Bisayan_languages" title="Bisayan languages">Bisayan languages</a>, only behind <a href="/wiki/Cebuano_language" title="Cebuano language">Cebuano</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hiligaynon_language" title="Hiligaynon language">Hiligaynon</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nomenclature">Nomenclature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Nomenclature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term <i>Waray</i> comes from the word often heard by non-speakers meaning 'none' or 'nothing' in the language; similarly, <a href="/wiki/Cebuanos" class="mw-redirect" title="Cebuanos">Cebuanos</a> are known in Leyte as <span title="Cebuano-language text"><i lang="ceb">mga Kana</i></span> and their language as <i>Kana</i> (after the oft-heard word <span title="Cebuano-language text"><i lang="ceb">kana</i></span>, meaning 'that' in the <a href="/wiki/Cebuano_language" title="Cebuano language">Cebuano language</a>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources in the body of the article. (April 2014)">not verified in body</span></a></i>]</sup> The Cebuano pronunciation of Waray is <span title="Cebuano-language text"><i lang="ceb">walay</i></span> with the same meaning. </p><p>During the Spanish period, texts refer to the language as simply being a dialect of "Visayan". In contrast, most contemporary linguists consider many of these "Visayan dialects" (e.g., Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Karay-a, etc.) to be distinct languages, and the term Visayan is usually taken to refer to what is called Cebuano in contemporary linguistic literature. Domingo Ezguerra's 1663 (reprinted 1747) <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Arte de la lengua bisaya de la provincia de Leyte</i></span> refers to the "Visayan tongue of the province of Leyte", Figueroa's <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Arte del idioma Visaya de Samar y Leyte</i></span> refers to the "Visaya language of Samar and Leyte". Antonio Sanchez's 1914 <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Diccionario español-bisaya</i></span> (Spanish-Visayan Dictionary) refers to the speech of "Sámar and Leyte". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dialects">Dialects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Dialects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Linguist Jason Lobel (2009) considers there are 25 dialects and subdialects of Waray-Waray.<sup id="cite_ref-Lobel2009_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lobel2009-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tacloban" title="Tacloban">Tacloban</a>: "standard" dialect: the dialect used in television and radio broadcasts and in education</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abuyog,_Leyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Abuyog, Leyte">Abuyog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leyte" title="Leyte">Leyte</a>: heavy <a href="/wiki/Cebuano_language" title="Cebuano language">Cebuano</a> influence</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culaba,_Biliran" class="mw-redirect" title="Culaba, Biliran">Culaba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biliran" title="Biliran">Biliran</a>: heavy <a href="/wiki/Cebuano_language" title="Cebuano language">Cebuano</a> influence</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catbalogan" title="Catbalogan">Catbalogan</a>: "original" dialect: Pure Waray, central part of Samar Island</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calbayog" title="Calbayog">Calbayog</a>: mixture of the Tacloban dialect and the dialect of Northern Samar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen,_Northern_Samar" title="Allen, Northern Samar">Allen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Samar" title="Northern Samar">Northern Samar</a>: mostly <a href="/wiki/Southern_Sorsogon_language" title="Southern Sorsogon language">Waray Sorsoganon</a> mixed with <a href="/wiki/Northern_Sorsogon_language" title="Northern Sorsogon language">Northern Samarenyo</a>. Dialects in neighboring towns have also borrowed extensively from Waray Sorsoganon.</li></ul> <p>Many Waray dialects feature a <a href="/wiki/Sound_change" title="Sound change">sound change</a> in which <a href="/wiki/Bisayan_languages#Reconstruction" title="Bisayan languages">Proto-Bisayan</a> *s becomes <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/h/</span> in a small number of common grammatical morphemes. This sound change occurs in all areas of <a href="/wiki/Samar" title="Samar">Samar</a> south of the municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Santa_Margarita,_Samar" title="Santa Margarita, Samar">Santa Margarita</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matuguinao,_Samar" class="mw-redirect" title="Matuguinao, Samar">Matuginao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Las_Navas,_Northern_Samar" class="mw-redirect" title="Las Navas, Northern Samar">Las Navas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gamay,_Northern_Samar" title="Gamay, Northern Samar">Gamay</a> (roughly corresponding to the provinces of <a href="/wiki/Samar_(province)" title="Samar (province)">Samar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Samar" title="Eastern Samar">Eastern Samar</a>, but not <a href="/wiki/Northern_Samar" title="Northern Samar">Northern Samar</a>), as well as in all of the Waray-speaking areas of <a href="/wiki/Leyte" title="Leyte">Leyte</a>, except the towns of <a href="/wiki/Javier,_Leyte" title="Javier, Leyte">Javier</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abuyog,_Leyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Abuyog, Leyte">Abuyog</a>. However, this sound change is an areal feature rather than a strictly genetic one (Lobel 2009).<sup id="cite_ref-Lobel2009_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lobel2009-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most Waray dialects in northeastern and <a href="/wiki/East_Samar" class="mw-redirect" title="East Samar">Eastern Samar</a> have the <a href="/wiki/Close_central_unrounded_vowel" title="Close central unrounded vowel">close central unrounded vowel</a> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɨ/</span> as a reflex of <a href="/wiki/Proto-Austronesian_language" title="Proto-Austronesian language">Proto-Austronesian</a> *e.<sup id="cite_ref-Lobel2009_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lobel2009-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Usage">Usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2018</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Waray is one of the many <a href="/wiki/List_of_Regional_Languages_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Regional Languages in the Philippines">regional languages</a> found in the Philippines and used in local government. It is widely used in media particularly in television and radio broadcasts, however, not in print media because most regional newspapers are published in English. </p><p>The language is used in education from kindergarten to primary level as part of the Philippine government's K–12 program since 2012 in which pupils from kindergarten to third grade are taught in their respective indigenous languages. </p><p>Waray is also used in the Mass in the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a> and in the worship services of different Christian sects in the region. Bibles in Waray are also available.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, the <i>New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures</i> was released in Waray-Waray.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, there is a growing population of Muslims in the region with the first mosque, Tacloban Mosque and Islamic Center, through a charity built by a <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkish</a> Islamic religious authority in <a href="/wiki/Tacloban" title="Tacloban">Tacloban</a> at 2017 which teaches the scriptures and offers Friday sermons in both Waray and Cebuano in general. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Phonology">Phonology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Phonology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vowels">Vowels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Vowels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most Waray dialects have three vowel phonemes: <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/a/</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[a]</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/i/</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ɛ~i]</span> and <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/u/</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ɔ~u]</span>. Some dialects have an additional vowel <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ə/</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ə]</span>; words with <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ə/</span> in these dialects have <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/u/</span> in the majority dialects.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Zorc_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zorc-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th align="center"><a href="/wiki/Front_vowel" title="Front vowel">Front</a> </th> <th align="center"><a href="/wiki/Central_vowel" title="Central vowel">Central</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Back_vowel" title="Back vowel">Back</a> </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <th><a href="/wiki/Close_vowel" title="Close vowel">Close</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mid_vowel" title="Mid vowel">Mid</a> </th> <td>i </td> <td>(ə) </td> <td>u </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th><a href="/wiki/Open_vowel" title="Open vowel">Open</a> </th> <td> </td> <td>a </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Consonants">Consonants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Consonants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Waray has a total of 16 consonant phonemes: <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/p,<span class="wrap"> </span>t,<span class="wrap"> </span>k,<span class="wrap"> </span>b,<span class="wrap"> </span>d,<span class="wrap"> </span>ɡ,<span class="wrap"> </span>m,<span class="wrap"> </span>n,<span class="wrap"> </span>ŋ,<span class="wrap"> </span>s,<span class="wrap"> </span>h,<span class="wrap"> </span>l,<span class="wrap"> </span>ɾ~r,<span class="wrap"> </span>w,<span class="wrap"> </span>j,<span class="wrap"> </span>ʔ/</span>. Two extra postalveolar sounds <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[tʃ,<span class="wrap"> </span>dʒ]</span> are heard when <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/i/</span> occurs after <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/t,<span class="wrap"> </span>d/</span>, further proceeding another vowel sound.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Labial_consonant" title="Labial consonant">Labial</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Alveolar_consonant" title="Alveolar consonant">Alveolar</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_consonant" title="Dorsal consonant">Dorsal</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Glottal_consonant" title="Glottal consonant">Glottal</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Nasal_consonant" title="Nasal consonant">Nasal</a> </th> <td>m </td> <td>n </td> <td>ŋ </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Stop_consonant" class="mw-redirect" title="Stop consonant">Stop</a> </th> <td>p b </td> <td>t d </td> <td>k g </td> <td>ʔ </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Fricative" title="Fricative">Fricative</a> </th> <td> </td> <td>s </td> <td> </td> <td>h </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Rhotic_consonant" title="Rhotic consonant">Rhotic</a> </th> <td> </td> <td>ɾ~r </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Approximant" title="Approximant">Approximant</a> </th> <td>w </td> <td>l </td> <td>j </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Grammar">Grammar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Grammar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Case_markers">Case markers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Case markers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>  </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Absolutive_case" title="Absolutive case">Absolutive</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Ergative_case" title="Ergative case">Ergative</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Oblique_case" title="Oblique case">Oblique</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>singular impersonal</b> </td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">an</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">han/san</i></span>* </td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">ha/sa</i></span><br /> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>plural impersonal</b> </td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">an mga</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">han mga/san mga</i></span>* </td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">ha mga/sa mga</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>singular personal</b> </td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">hi/si</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">ni</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kan</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>plural personal</b> </td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">hira/sira</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">nira</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kira</i></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writing_system">Writing system</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Writing system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Waray, like all Philippine languages today, is written using the Latin script. There is no officially-approved orthography for the language and different writers may use differing orthographic styles. In general, it has become common to write the language following the current orthographic conventions of Filipino. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vocabulary">Vocabulary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Vocabulary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Waray uses many different words to specify a particular thing. These words might not be the same in spelling and in construction but they share the same meaning, making it a very diverse language.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Here are some examples of demonstratives and adverbs together with their equivalent definition in Waray-Waray: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>English</th> <th>Waray </th></tr> <tr> <td>what</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">ano</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">anyá</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">náno</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>where</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">diin</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">ngain</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">háin</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>who</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">hino/sino</i></span> (<span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">hin-o/sin-o</i></span>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>when</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">sán-o</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kakán-o</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kasán-o</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>how</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">páno</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">gin-áano</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">gin-áanya</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>here</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">didi</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">dinhi</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">ngadi</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">nganhi</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">áanhi</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">áadi</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>there</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">ngada</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">dida</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">ngadto</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">didto</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">aadto</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">aada</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>that</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">iito</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">iton</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">ito</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">it</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>those</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">adto</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">adton</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">aadto</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>these</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">aadin</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">adin</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">inin</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>why</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kay</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kay ano</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kay ngano</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">ngano</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>this</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">ini</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">inin</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">adin</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">adi</i></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verbs">Verbs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Verbs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>English</th> <th>Waray</th> <th></th> <th>English</th> <th>Waray </th></tr> <tr> <td>to run</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">dalágan</i></span></td> <td></td> <td>to fix something</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">aydi/a</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>to walk</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">lakát</i></span></td> <td></td> <td>to explain</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">ig-eksplikar</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>to climb</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">saká</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">sak-a/i</i></span></td> <td></td> <td>to invite</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">ig-imbitar</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kumbidahi</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>to swim</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">langoy</i></span></td> <td></td> <td>to attend</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">atender</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">atendera/i</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>to talk/speak</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">igyakán</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">igsumát</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">igsiring</i></span></td> <td></td> <td>to send something</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">ipadara</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">padad-a/i</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>to jump</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">ambaka/i</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">lukso</i></span></td> <td></td> <td>to create</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">paghimo</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">pagbuhat</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>to sit</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">lingkod</i></span></td> <td></td> <td>to build</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">pagtindog</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>to stand</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">tindog</i></span></td> <td></td> <td>to fly</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">lupad</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>to shout/scream</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">guliat</i></span></td> <td></td> <td>to sleep</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">katurog</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>to make friends</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">makig-sangkay</i></span></td> <td></td> <td>to write</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">ig-surat</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>to cry</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">tuok</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">haya</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">tangis</i></span></td> <td></td> <td>to lay down</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">higda</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>to buy</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">palit</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">palita/i</i></span></td> <td></td> <td>to love</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">higugma-a</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>to travel</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">biyahe</i></span></td> <td></td> <td>to care</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">asikasuha/i</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>to sing</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kanta</i></span></td> <td></td> <td>to discuss</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">pag-istorya</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">pagsabot</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">himangraw</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>to dance</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">sayaw</i></span></td> <td></td> <td>to drive</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">pagmaneho</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">pagdrayb</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>to fetch water</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">pag-alog</i></span></td> <td></td> <td>to ride</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">sakay</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">sakya/i</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>to drink</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">inom</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">imna/i</i></span></td> <td></td> <td>to carry</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">pas-ana/i</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">dad-a</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">bitbita</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>to eat</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kaon</i></span></td> <td></td> <td>to sell something</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">ig-baligya</i></span>, <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">ig-tinda</i></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Numbers">Numbers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Numbers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Native numbers are used for numbers one through ten. From eleven onwards, Spanish numbers are exclusively used in Waray today, their native counterparts being almost unheard of by the majority of native speakers (except for <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">gatos</i></span> for <i>hundred</i> and <span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">yukot</i></span> for <i>thousand</i>). Some, especially the old ones, are spoken alongside the Spanish counterparts. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>English</th> <th>Native Waray</th> <th>Derived from Spanish</th> <th>Spanish </th></tr> <tr> <td>one</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">usá</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">uno</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">un/uno</i></span> (m) <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">una</i></span> (f) </td></tr> <tr> <td>two</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">duhá</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">dos</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">dos</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>three</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">tuló</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">tres</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">tres</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>four</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">upat</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kuwatro</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">cuatro</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>five</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">limá</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">singko</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">cinco</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>six</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">unom</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">sais/says</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">seis</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>seven</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">pitó</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">syete</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">siete</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>eight</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">waló</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">otso</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">ocho</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>nine</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">siyám</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">nuebe/nuybe</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">nueve</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ten</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">napúlô</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">dies/dyis</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">diez</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>eleven</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">napúlô kag-usá</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">onse</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">once</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>twelve</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">napúlô kagduhá</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">dose</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">doce</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>thirteen</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">napúlô kagtuló</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">trese</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">trece</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>fourteen</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">napúlô kag-upat</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">katorse</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">catorce</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>fifteen</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">napúlô kaglimá</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kinse</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">quince</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>sixteen</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">napúlô kag-unom</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">disisays/disisais</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">dieciséis</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>seventeen</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">napúlô kagpitó</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">disisyete</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">diecisiete</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>eighteen</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">napúlô kagwaló</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">disiotso</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">dieciocho</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>nineteen</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">napúlô kagsiyám</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">disinuybe</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">diecinueve</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>twenty</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">karuhaàn</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">baynte</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">veinte</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>twenty one</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">karuhaàn kag-usà</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">baynte uno</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">veintiuno</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>twenty two</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">karuhaàn kagduhà</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">baynte dos</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">veintidós</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>thirty</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">katluàn</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">traynta</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">treinta</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>forty</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kap-atàn</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kuwarenta</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">cuarenta</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>fifty</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kalim-àn</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">singkwenta</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">cincuenta</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>sixty</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kaunmàn</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">saysenta/sisenta</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">sesenta</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>seventy</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kapituàn</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">sitenta</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">setenta</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>eighty</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kawaluàn</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">otsenta/ochienta</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">ochenta</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ninety</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">kasiyamàn</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">nobenta</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">noventa</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>one hundred</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">usa ka gatòs</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">syen</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">cien</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>one thousand</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">usa ka yukòt</i></span></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">mil</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">mil</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>one million</td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">usa ka ribo</i></span><sup id="cite_ref-Makabenta_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Makabenta-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><span title="Waray (Philippines)-language text"><i lang="war">milyon</i></span></td> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">un millón</i></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Loanwords_and_cognates">Loanwords and cognates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Loanwords and cognates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Waray has borrowed vocabulary extensively from other languages, especially from Spanish. These words are being adopted to fill <a href="/wiki/Lexical_gaps" class="mw-redirect" title="Lexical gaps">lexical gaps</a> of the recipient language. Spanish colonialization introduced new systems to the Philippine society.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Waray_people" title="Waray people">Waray people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waray_literature" title="Waray literature">Waray literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waray_Wikipedia" title="Waray Wikipedia">Waray Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippines" title="Languages of the Philippines">Languages of the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samar" title="Samar">Samar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyte" title="Leyte">Leyte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waray_Sorsogon_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Waray Sorsogon language">Waray Sorsogon language</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-e19-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-e19_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ethnologue.com/19/language/war/">Waray</a> at <i><a href="/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue">Ethnologue</a></i> (19th ed., 2016) <span style="position:relative; 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Oxford: Elsevier. pp. 914–917.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Samar-Leyte&rft.btitle=Concise+Encyclopedia+of+Languages+of+the+World&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pages=914-917&rft.pub=Elsevier&rft.date=2009&rft.aulast=Lobel&rft.aufirst=Jason&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DF2SRqDzB50wC%26pg%3DPA914&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWaray+language" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://waraywaray.bible/">"About the Baraan nga Biblia Translation"</a>. <i>bible.org.ph</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=bible.org.ph&rft.atitle=About+the+Baraan+nga+Biblia+Translation&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwaraywaray.bible%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWaray+language" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jw.org/war/ano-an-bag-o/nwt-isoko-yoruba-cebuano-waray-waray-british-sign-language/">"Iginrelis an Bag-o nga Kalibotan nga Hubad ha Lima nga Yinaknan"</a>. <i>Jw.org</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Jw.org&rft.atitle=Iginrelis+an+Bag-o+nga+Kalibotan+nga+Hubad+ha+Lima+nga+Yinaknan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jw.org%2Fwar%2Fano-an-bag-o%2Fnwt-isoko-yoruba-cebuano-waray-waray-british-sign-language%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWaray+language" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/23727999/Waray-a-Major-Language-in-Philippines">"Waray: a Major Language in Philippines | English Language | Grammatical Number"</a>. <i>Scribd</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-03-06</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Scribd&rft.atitle=Waray%3A+a+Major+Language+in+Philippines+%7C+English+Language+%7C+Grammatical+Number&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scribd.com%2Fdoc%2F23727999%2FWaray-a-Major-Language-in-Philippines&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWaray+language" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Zorc-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Zorc_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZorc1977" class="citation book cs1">Zorc, David Paul (1977). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bisayandialectso0044zorc"><i>The Bisayan Dialects of the Philippines: Subgrouping and Reconstruction</i></a></span>. Canberra, Australia: Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.15144%2FPL-C44">10.15144/PL-C44</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0858831570" title="Special:BookSources/0858831570"><bdi>0858831570</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Bisayan+Dialects+of+the+Philippines%3A+Subgrouping+and+Reconstruction&rft.place=Canberra%2C+Australia&rft.pub=Dept.+of+Linguistics%2C+Research+School+of+Pacific+Studies%2C+Australian+National+University&rft.date=1977&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.15144%2FPL-C44&rft.isbn=0858831570&rft.aulast=Zorc&rft.aufirst=David+Paul&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbisayandialectso0044zorc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWaray+language" class="Z3988"></span> P. 47</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOyzon2014" class="citation book cs1">Oyzon, Voltaire Q. (2014). <i>An Winaray</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=An+Winaray&rft.date=2014&rft.aulast=Oyzon&rft.aufirst=Voltaire+Q.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWaray+language" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rubino, (2001:797–800)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Makabenta-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Makabenta_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMakabenta2004" class="citation book cs1">Makabenta, Eduardo (2004). <i>Pagpurulungan nga Binisaya (Waray) ha Leyte ug Samar (Binisaya-English English-Binisaya Dictionary)</i> (2nd ed.). Quezon City: Adbox Book Distributors and Eduardo A. Makabenta Sr. Foundation. p. 121.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pagpurulungan+nga+Binisaya+%28Waray%29+ha+Leyte+ug+Samar+%28Binisaya-English+English-Binisaya+Dictionary%29&rft.place=Quezon+City&rft.pages=121&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Adbox+Book+Distributors+and+Eduardo+A.+Makabenta+Sr.+Foundation&rft.date=2004&rft.aulast=Makabenta&rft.aufirst=Eduardo&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWaray+language" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Abuyen, Tomas A. (2005). <i>Dictionary English Waray-Waray/Tagalog</i>, National Book Store, 494 pp., <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/971-08-6529-3" title="Special:BookSources/971-08-6529-3">971-08-6529-3</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDiller1971" class="citation thesis cs1">Diller, Timothy Clair (1971). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://linguistics.ucla.edu/images/stories/Diller.1971.pdf"><i>Case grammar and its application to Waray, a Philippine language</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (PhD dissertation). University of California at Los Angeles.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&rft.title=Case+grammar+and+its+application+to+Waray%2C+a+Philippine+language&rft.inst=University+of+California+at+Los+Angeles&rft.date=1971&rft.aulast=Diller&rft.aufirst=Timothy+Clair&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flinguistics.ucla.edu%2Fimages%2Fstories%2FDiller.1971.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWaray+language" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Rubino, Carl. Waray-Waray. In Garry, Jane and Carl Rubino (eds.), Facts About the World's Languages, An Encyclopedia of the World's Languages: Past and Present (2001), pp. 797–800.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waray_language&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/40px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/60px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/80px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="193" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikivoyage has a phrasebook for <i><b><a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Waray_phrasebook#Q34279" class="extiw" title="wikivoyage:Waray phrasebook">Waray-Waray</a></b></i>.</div></div> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237033735"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" 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title="Mansakan languages">Mansakan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Davaoe%C3%B1o_language" title="Davaoeño language">Davawenyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalagan_language" title="Kalagan language">Kalagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamayo_language" title="Kamayo language">Kamayo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamanwa_language" title="Mamanwa language">Mamanwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandaya_language" title="Mandaya language">Mandaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansaka_language" title="Mansaka language">Mansaka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tagalogic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kasiguranin" title="Kasiguranin">Kasiguranin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Old_Tagalog" title="Old Tagalog">Old Tagalog</a> †</small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Batangas_Tagalog" title="Batangas Tagalog">Batangueño</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Filipino_language" title="Filipino language">Filipino</a></small></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">(unclassified)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ata_language_(Negros)" title="Ata language (Negros)">Ata</a> †</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Danao_languages" title="Danao languages">Danao</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iranun_language" title="Iranun language">Iranun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maguindanao_language" title="Maguindanao language">Maguindanao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maranao_language" title="Maranao language">Maranao</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gorontalo%E2%80%93Mongondow_languages" title="Gorontalo–Mongondow languages">Gorontalo–Mongondow</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bintauna_language" title="Bintauna language">Bintauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolango_language" title="Bolango language">Bolango</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buol_language" title="Buol language">Buol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorontalo_language" title="Gorontalo language">Gorontalo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaidipang_language" title="Kaidipang language">Kaidipang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lolak_language" title="Lolak language">Lolak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongondow_language" title="Mongondow language">Mongondow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponosakan_language" title="Ponosakan language">Ponosakan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suwawa_language" title="Suwawa language">Suwawa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Manobo_languages" title="Manobo languages">Manobo</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agusan_language" title="Agusan language">Agusan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ata_Manobo_language" title="Ata Manobo language">Ata Manobo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bukid_language" title="Bukid language">Binukid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotabato_Manobo_language" title="Cotabato Manobo language">Cotabato Manobo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higaonon_language" title="Higaonon language">Higaonon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilianen_language" title="Ilianen language">Ilianen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kagayanen_language" title="Kagayanen language">Kagayanen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamigin_language" title="Kamigin language">Kamigin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matigsalug_language" title="Matigsalug language">Matigsalug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obo_language" title="Obo language">Obo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarangani_language" title="Sarangani language">Sarangani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tagabawa_language" title="Tagabawa language">Tagabawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Bukidnon_Manobo" title="Western Bukidnon Manobo">Western Bukidnon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Palawanic_languages" title="Palawanic languages">Palawanic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aborlan_Tagbanwa_language" title="Aborlan Tagbanwa language">Aborlan Tagbanwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batak_language_(Philippines)" title="Batak language (Philippines)">Batak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Tagbanwa_language" title="Central Tagbanwa language">Central Tagbanwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palawano_language" title="Palawano language">Palawano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taaw%CA%BCt_Bato_language" title="Taawʼt Bato language">Taawʼt Bato</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Mindoro_languages" title="Southern Mindoro languages">Southern Mindoro</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buhid_language" title="Buhid language">Buhid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanunoo_language" title="Hanunoo language">Hanunoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tawbuid_language" title="Tawbuid language">Tawbuid</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Subanen_languages" title="Subanen languages">Subanen</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Subanon_language" title="Western Subanon language">Western Subanon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kalamian_languages" title="Kalamian languages">Kalamian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agutaynen_language" title="Agutaynen language">Agutaynen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calamian_Tagbanwa_language" title="Calamian Tagbanwa language">Calamian Tagbanwa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minahasan_languages" title="Minahasan languages">Minahasan</a></th><td 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arta_language" title="Arta language">Arta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicamay_Agta_language" title="Dicamay Agta language">Dicamay Agta</a> †</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilocano_language" title="Ilocano language">Ilocano</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cagayan_Valley_languages" title="Cagayan Valley languages">Cagayan Valley</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atta_language" title="Atta language">Atta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Cagayan_Agta_language" title="Central Cagayan Agta language">Cagayan Agta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ga%CA%BCdang_language" title="Gaʼdang language">Gaʼdang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaddang_language" title="Gaddang language">Gaddang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibanag_language" title="Ibanag language">Ibanag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isnag_language" title="Isnag language">Isnag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itawis_language" title="Itawis language">Itawis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogad_language" title="Yogad language">Yogad</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Meso-Cordilleran_languages" title="Meso-Cordilleran languages">Meso-Cordilleran</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Alta_language" title="Northern Alta language">Northern Alta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Alta_language" title="Southern Alta language">Southern Alta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Central_Cordilleran_languages" title="Central Cordilleran languages">Central Cordilleran</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balangao_language" title="Balangao language">Balangao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bontoc_language" title="Bontoc language">Bontoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ifugao_language" title="Ifugao language">Ifugao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isinai_language" title="Isinai language">Isinai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itneg_languages" title="Itneg languages">Itneg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalinga_language" title="Kalinga language">Kalinga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kankanaey_language" title="Kankanaey language">Kankanaey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuwali_language" title="Tuwali language">Tuwali</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Cordilleran_languages" title="Southern Cordilleran languages">Southern Cordilleran</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bugkalot_language" title="Bugkalot language">Bugkalot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibaloi_language" title="Ibaloi language">Ibaloi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iwaak_language" title="Iwaak language">Iwaak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalanguya_language" title="Kalanguya language">Kalanguya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karao_language" title="Karao language">Karao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pangasinan_language" title="Pangasinan language">Pangasinan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Mindoro_languages" title="Northern Mindoro languages">Northern Mindoro</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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