Bikol languages

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Bikol
Geographic
distribution:
Bicol Region
Genetic
classification
:
Austronesian
 Malayo-Polynesian
  Borneo-Philippines
   Central Philippine
    Bikol
Subdivisions:


For the languages spoken in Bicol Region, see Languages of Bicol.

Bikol language is a macrolanguage composed of eight languages which are grouped into three: Coastal Bicol which includes Isarog Agta, Mt. Iraya Agta, Central Bicolano (Bikol Central), and Southern Catanduanes Bicolano languages; Inland Bicol which includes Agta Mt. Iriga, Albay Bicolano, and Iriga Bicolano languages; and Northern Catanduanes Bicolano language or Pandan Bicol. [1]

It is a group of Central Philippine languages spoken particularly on the Bicol Peninsula on the island of Luzon and parts of Catanduanes and Burias Island, Masbate.

The Bisakol languages are Visayan languages spoken in Bikol.

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