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Bikol
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Bikol languages
- P10369
- Pcim
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 2500000
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Article
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.