Masbateño language
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Masbateño or Minasbate is a member of Central Philippine languages and of the Bisayan subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken by more than 724,000 people[2] in the province of Masbate and some parts of Sorsogon in the Philippines. Masbatenyo (sometimes written as Masbateño) is the name used by the speakers of the language and for themselves, although the term Minásbate is sometimes also used to distinguish the language from the people.[3] It has 350,000 speakers as of 2002[update], with 50,000 who speak it as their first language. About 250,000 speakers use it as their second language.[2]
Masbateño | |
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Masbatenyo | |
Minasbate | |
Native to | Philippines |
Region | Masbate province (almost whole portion of Masbate island proper, entire Ticao island and southern half of Burias island) |
Ethnicity | Masbateño people |
Native speakers | 680,000 (2010)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | msb |
Glottolog | masb1238 |
Areas where Masbateño is spoken | |
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Masbatenyo is closely related to Capiznon, with 79% lexical similarity, and Hiligaynon, with 76% lexical similarity.[2] Waray language is closely related and significantly similar to Masbatenyo as well. It is also closely related to Waray Sorsogon language, the language of Sorsogon. This is because Masbate was once part of Sorsogon Province and was governed from Sorsogon City until the 1920s. It has three major dialects: the western dialect centered around the town of Balud on the western coast which is close to Capiz, the southern dialect centered about the town of Cataingan in the southeastern part of Masbate, and the northern dialect covering the whole northern half of Masbate and centered on Masbate City.