The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: BKL
ISO 639-2: bik
| Population | 2,500,000 about 7% of the population speak Bikol languages; 3,519,236 all Bikol languages (1990 census). |
| Region | Southern Catanduanes, Northern Sorsogon, Albay, Camarines Norte and Sur, Luzon. Naga City and Legaspi City are centers. |
| Alternate names | BIKOL |
| Dialects | NAGA, LEGASPI. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo-Polynesian, Meso Philippine, Central Philippine, Bikol, Coastal, Naga. |
| Comments | Trade language. Bible 1915, in press (1992). |
