Visayan - Visayan (English spelling)

Japanese: ビサヤ語 - ビサヤご（英語表記）Bisayan

The languages spoken in the Visayan Islands of the Philippines (all Austronesian languages) are often collectively referred to as Visayan, but in fact they include a great many different languages. They can be broadly classified into the following subcategories (all speaker populations are as of 1975): (1) Western Visayan languages: Aklanon (approximately 300,000) and Kinaray‐a (approximately 350,000) on the island of Panay. (2) Central Visayan languages: Hiligaynon (approximately 3 million) on the island of Panay and Waray (also known as Waray‐waray) on the islands of Samar and Leyte.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

フィリピンのビサヤ諸島で話される言語(すべてアウストロネシア語族)はビサヤ語と総称されることが多いが，実は非常に多くの異なる言語が含まれている。大きく下位分類すれば次の通りである(話者人口はいずれも1975年)。(1)西部ビサヤ諸語　パナイ島のアクラノン語Aklanon(約30万)とキナライア語Kinaray‐a(約35万)。(2)中部ビサヤ諸語　パナイ島のヒリガイノン語Hiligaynon(約300万)とサマール島，レイテ島のワライ語Waray(ワライワライ語とも。

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