Waray Waray

Waray - Definition

Wáray-Wáray is a language spoken in the provinces of Samar, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte (eastern portion), and Biliran in the Philippines.

It belongs to the Visayan language family and is related to Cebuano and Hiligaynon.

Waray-Waray
Spoken in: Philippines
Region: Eastern Visayas
First language speakers: 3 million
Second language speakers: -
Ranking: Not in top 100
Genetic
classification: 		Austronesian

  Malayo-Polynesian
   Western
    Central Philippine
     Visayan
      Central Visayan
      Waray-Waray

Official status
Official language of: -
Regulated by: -
Language codes
ISO 639-1-
ISO 639-2war
SILWRY

See Also


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Example Usage of Waray
mcpinon: How do Waray speaking & Cebuano speaking Leyteños understand each other. We speak in Tagalog or English (sosyal).
mcpinon: So, good morning is 'ma-ayong buntag' in Cebuano while 'ma-upay na aga' in Waray. Strange no? Adjacent towns but speaking different dialects
mcpinon: Two dialects actually for Leyte. Waray for the Eastern part (facing Samar) & Cebuano for d Western side (facing Cebu). I'm in d Western part
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