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ISO 639-3 · warwar
Austronesian family
Waray-Waray
Waray-waray
Waray-Waray is a language of the Central Visayan branch (Austronesian), spoken in Philippines. Wikidata counts about 3.1 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Visayan language primarily spoken in the islands of Samar and Eastern Leyte”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
war- Glottocode
wara1300- Family
- Austronesian
- Centre point
- 11.67, 125.42
- Wikipedia
- 75 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
7levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Waray-Waray · Waray-waray |
|---|---|
| Also called | Lineyte-Samarnon, Waray (Philippines), Winaray, Waray-Waray language, Waray language |
| All speakers | 3,100,000 |
| Written in | Latin script, Baybayin |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Waray-Waray
The branches above Waray-Waray, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Philippines
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 mspaSpanishIndo-European · 555.6 m1 · NationalfilFilipinoAustronesian · 90 m1 · NationaltglTagalogAustronesian · 68.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigorouscebCebuanoAustronesian · 15.9 m3 · Wider CommunicationiloIlocanoAustronesian · 9.1 m3 · Wider CommunicationhilHiligaynonAustronesian · 5.7 m3 · Wider Communication