Waray
Binisaya
Waray is an Austronesian language spoken in Philippines, by about 3.1 million people.
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Waray (also known as Waray-Waray or Bisayâ/Binisayâ and Winaray/Waray, Spanish: idioma samareño meaning Samar language) is an Austronesian language and the fifth-most-spoken native regional language of the Philippines, native to Eastern Visayas. It is the native language of the Waray people and second language of the Abaknon people of Capul, Northern Samar, and some Cebuano-speaking peoples of western and southern parts of Leyte island. It is the third most spoken language among the Bisayan languages, only behind Cebuano and Hiligaynon.
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Written down
Nga an ngatanan nga mga tawo, nahimugso talwas ug katpong ha ira dignidad ug katdungan. Hira natawo dinhi ha tuna mayda konsensya ug isip ug kaangayan gud la nga an ira pagtagad ha tagsatagsa sugad hin magburugto.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Waray
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | babáye | |
| person | tawo | |
| friend | sangkay | |
| eye | matá | |
| ear | talinga | |
| nose | irong | |
| tooth | ta-ngo | |
| hand | ka-mot | |
| knee | tuhod | |
| breast | suso | |
| liver | atay | |
| water | tubig | |
| fire | kalayo | |
| star | bituon | |
| sky | langit | |
| wind | hangin | |
| mountain | bukid | |
| river | salog | |
| leaf | dáhon | |
| dog | ayam | |
| cat | uding | |
| fish | isda | |
| horse | kabayo | |
| pig | baboy | |
| one | u-sa | |
| two | duha | |
| three | bungto | |
| four | upat | |
| five | lima | |
| who | hin-o |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Kinaray-aAustronesian86% alike
- MasbatenyoAustronesian79% alike
- HiligaynonAustronesian75% alike
- ButuanonAustronesian70% alike
- CebuanoAustronesian70% alike
- SurigaononAustronesian68% alike
Grammar
- Mag-Anchi AytaAustronesian82% alike
- Inland-Buhi-Daraga BikolAustronesian81% alike
- BolinaoAustronesian81% alike
- TausugAustronesian81% alike
- Abenlen AytaAustronesian79% alike
- TwanaSalishan79% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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