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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Philippines > Sorsogon, Waray

Sorsogon, Waray

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3srv

Population  185,000 (1975 census).
Region  Southern Sorsogon Province.
Language map  Southern Philippines, reference number 78
Alternate names   Bikol Sorsogon, Gubat, Southern Sorsogon
Dialects  Comprehension of Masbatenyo [msb] 63%–91%; of Central Bicolano [bcl] (Naga) 71%–82%; of Filipino [fil] 85%–91%. Similar to Waray-Waray [war].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Bisayan, Central, Warayan, Gubat
Language use  Also use Filipino [fil], Central Bicolano [bcl], or Masbatenyo [msb].