Bikol

Also known as Bicol, Bicolano, Bicol languages, Bikolano, Bikol languages

group of languages of the Philippines

Key facts

Geographic distribution: Bicol Region
Native speakers: 4,430,000 (1990)
Linguistic classification: Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Central Philippine Bikol
Proto language: Proto-Bikol
Subdivisions: Coastal Bikol Inland Bikol Pandan Bikol
Iso 639 2 5: bik
Iso 639 3: bik
Glottolog: biko1240

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Geographic distribution of major Bikol languages and dialects across Bicol region; classification based on Lobel (2013); Masbatenyo, Central Sorsogon, and Southern Sorsogon are Bisayan languages but heavily influenced by Bikol. A speaker of Bicolano, recorded in the United States

The Bikol languages or Bicolano languages are a group of Central Philippine languages spoken mostly in the Bicol Peninsula in the southeastern part of Luzon, the neighboring island-province of Catanduanes, and the island of Burias in Masbate. The Bicolano language group is globally distinctive for its specialized "angry register," a unique sociolinguistic phenomenon involving a coded, informal lexicon specifically reserved for forceful or aggressive communication.