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Bikol languages
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This article is about the various dialects of the Bicol Region. For the standardized dialect of Bikol based on the Canaman variant often simply known as "Bikol", see Central Bikol.
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.
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Bikol | |
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Geographic distribution | Bicol Region |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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Proto-language | Proto-Bikol |
Subdivisions | |
ISO 639-2 / 5 | bik |
ISO 639-3 | bik |
Glottolog | biko1240 |
![]() Geographic extent of Bikol languages according to Ethnologue
Bikol proper
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