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  Bisaya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bisaya people or Visayans are a group of people of Malay ancestry who originate from the central and southern regions of the Philippines.
Bisaya and Binisaya are both tranlated as "Visayan" in English and "Bisaya" in Tagalog.
In Manila, a large percentage of the population is of Bisaya ancestry, particularly blue-collar workers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bisaya   (1052 words)

  
 A never-ending debate over Bisaya or Tagalog as RP language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The case for Bisaya worsened after Chirino's opinion was affirmed some 60 years later by another Jesuit, Fr.
"Bisaya is more solemn and more masculine; its speakers would give a masculine sound to the o and the u when pronouncing their words, and they do not have the i that is used in Tagalog.
"Samar is the name of an island in the Bisayas, in their language it means 'wound.' Suluan is the name of a deserted island to the southeast of Samar; it means '[sea] water full of currents,' which surrounded the island of Suluan, and would make it very difficult to reach there.
www.geocities.com /rolborr/vinlanguage.html   (960 words)

  
 English-Bisaya Grammar
The priest for the Bisaya people must be one who will devote all his attention to them, live among them, study their ways, their character, their tendencies, and therefore, the study of their dialect is absolutely necessary to him, since they, for the most part, do not know how to speak either Spanish or English.
The Bisaya dialect has not verbs, and they must be formed by adding to the roots particles, which shall be placed either before of after, as we shall explain.
Although the passive voice is the most usual in the Bisaya Dialect, the active sentences have however a very important place at the conversation, and therefore it is necessary to know, that when the speech begins by a nominative agent, express or tácite, the sentence is active.
www.bohol.ph /books/Jimenez/EnglishBisayaGrammar.html   (5766 words)

  
 The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Bisaya of Malaysia are located in western Sabah along the northern coast of Brunei Bay and also in northern Sarawak along the rivers which flow into Brunei Bay.
Bisaya villages are located along river banks, and each has a number of rice granaries.
The Bisaya believe that disease is caused by "soul loss," and it is the spirit medium's job to retrieve that soul.
www.ksafe.com /profiles/p_code6/873.html   (874 words)

  
 Wa'y Blima! Cebu Visitors Guide: Language: Cebuano, Tagalog, English
Bisaya, meanwhile, is the relatively pure strain spoken in the rural areas, especially the mountains, where the original Visayan inhabitants of these islands continue to survive.
Bisaya has far fewer words borrowed from other vocabularies, and its speakers have intermarried less with successive invaders.
City folk describe Bisaya words that they are unfamiliar with as "deep." Since educated Cebuanos rely almost exclusively on English-language media - radio stations and newspapers - they may be confounded by numerous words used in an article in the Bisaya-language tabloid, Super Balita.
www.wayblima.com /cebu-language.html   (2488 words)

  
 Bisaya - Hiligaynon: Bisaya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Ang Bayan - Dec 7, 2005 in bisaya, hiligaynon and waray and Nov 7, 2005 in english.
At left is a bound typescript of the Vocabulario de la Lengua Bisaya by Father THE DEBATE between Bisaya and Tagalog, the two main languages of the
Bisaya, or Cebuano, is spoken primarily in the Visayas and
findoutpages.com /?q=bisaya   (348 words)

  
 BISAYA  TO  BE  USED  AS  MEDIUM  OF  INSTRUCTION  IN  CEBU  CITY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
BISAYA TO BE USED AS MEDIUM OF CEBU CITY, May 13, 2005
In the first four months, Oliva said Grade 1 students in Singapore are taught how to read in English and in their country’s language.
Here, students will be taught how to read in Bisaya in the first four months, and subsequently in English.
www.newsflash.org /2004/02/ht/ht005118.htm   (218 words)

  
 Ethnologue: Brunei
East of Tutong 1 and east to the coast, west of Seria, a few villages near the Sarawak border.
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo, Northwest, Sabahan, Dusunic, Bisaya, Southern.
Central and interior Belait and Tutong districts, east of Bisaya, south of Tutong 2.
www.christusrex.org /www1/pater/ethno/Brun.html   (779 words)

  
 Cebuano at Bisaya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
"Like there is a Tagalog Language and a Pilipino Language, there is also a Cebuano Language and Bisaya.
Like for example in Cebuano vs Bisaya - the dstinction is that we Cebuanos are lazy that we conjugate and omit syllables from proper Bisaya words, thereby confusing Bisaya-speaking people from other parts of Visayas and Mindanao.
Bisaya refers to a collection of over 30 languages..
www2.seasite.niu.edu /tagalogdiscuss/_disc1/0000042e.htm   (138 words)

  
 DYAB Abante Bisaya
DYAB Abante Bisaya's loyal listeners will troop to the ABS-CBN Regional Broadcast Complex in Jagobiao, Mandaue City (below) to attend the Kumbira sa Kapamilya on December 30, 2005.
DYAB Abante Bisaya Anchors June Perez, Edgar Gutierrez, Ramil "Inday Misyel" Albano and Randy Jainar
DYAB Abante Bisaya Anchor Tisha "Inday Tikay" Ylaya
dyab-cebu.blogspot.com   (5348 words)

  
 .: Mindanews - 15 March 2005 :.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Later on, I realized that Bisaya was like the English Language where imperative sentences could get away with the “you.” I could say, “Write” instead of “You write” in the same way that in Bisaya one would say “Pagsulat” rather than “Pagsulat ka.” The latter indeed sounded awkward.
I can’t speak Bisaya fluently in the same way that I can’t speak any language smoothly.
People commonly use a few Bisaya words and the tone used is quite hard like there’s a certain force to it when the language is spoken.
www.mindanews.com /2005/03/14vws-sahara.html   (1492 words)

  
 At last, a syndicated Binisayang kolum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Acknowledging the difficulty of writing in Bisaya, MindaNews columnist, Patricio N. Abinales of Ozamiz City (now based in Kyoto University, Japan), publicly apologized to the editor of Freeman Mindanao for not fulfilling a promise to write in Bisaya.
In the weeks that followed, the circulation of the paper rose as market vendors, tricycle drivers and those who usually do not buy English papers were seen reading the paper.
Reyes published national and local issues in Bisaya to ensure these are understood and debated upon by the Dipolognons.
www.mindanews.com /2002/06/1st/arn29bisaya.html   (1125 words)

  
 Cebuano and Bisaya words
I am from a small town near Cebu City in the central Visayans.
Bisaya and Cebuano is the the language or dialect here.
Have fun writing words of romance in your Ladies native language.
www.everlastinglove.com /cebuano.htm   (161 words)

  
 AsiaFinest Discussion Forum -> There's A Language N Sabah Malaysia Called Bisaya?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
it's possible coz the 'Bisaya' in the Philippines refers to the people living in the Visayas Islands in Central Philippines.
the 'Bisaya' in the Philippines refers to the people living in the Visayas Islands in Central Philippines.
but if they are really related to the Philippine Bisaya, then maybe the Malaysians and Filipinos have a common language after all..
www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=11827   (872 words)

  
 Filipino Magazines: Liwayway, Bannawag, Bisaya, and Hiligaynon
They number of pages vary, depending on the magazine, but Bannawag and Liwayway have around 60, while Bisaya and Hiligaynon have around 35.
There are four versions: Liwayway (Tagalog), Bannawag (Ilocano), Bisaya (Cebuano), and Hiligaynon (Hiligaynon or Ilonggo).
English is not used at all, which, unlike other magazines, makes it perfect for Filipinos living overseas who long to read material in their respective languages.
home.san.rr.com /bikol/magazines.html   (174 words)

  
 Ethnologue 14 report for language code:BSY
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo, Northwest, Sabahan, Dusunic, Bisaya.
58% lexical similarity with Sarawak Bisaya, 57% to 59% with Brunei Bisaya ('Dusun').
Both North and South Bisaya are in Sabah (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=BSY   (118 words)

  
 D U B A I S P O R T S . C O M - Your Prime Sports Channel on Net in Gulf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Bisaya outplayed Bin Haroon Speed Cargo 2-0 to win the Pinoy Ekspat Interfaith Basketball tournament (PEIBL) All Filipino Class A title, recently at the Al Jazira Sports Club in Abu Dhabi.
Bisaya completed a double having beaten Manila Auto Polish (MAP)/ Kaliwat 2-0 in Class B, earlier.
In the Class A event, there were five teams whereas Class B drew over a dozen teams.
www.dubaisports.com /basketball/focus.php?sid=283   (343 words)

  
 Grabeh.com Community - kinsa bisaya dinhi?
pero kita ra man siguro ang bisaya dire....
dili man god magkasinabot usahay ang mga bisaya kay ang uban lahi man ang ilang binisaya...
as far as i know si chuy bisaya pod pero the rest wa na ko kabalo.
www.grabeh.com /forum/showthread.php?t=763   (391 words)

  
 DYAB Abante Bisaya: Inquirer Editorial
Welcome to the Web Log of DYAB Abante Bisaya.
DYAB is the AM Radio Station of ABS-CBN in Cebu with address at ABS-CBN Complex, Jagobiao, Mandaue City.You can email us thru dyab1512@gmail.com or leo_lastimosa@abs-cbn.com
This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
dyab-cebu.blogspot.com /2005/09/inquirer-editorial_28.html   (424 words)

  
 Ethnologue: Malaysia, Sarawak
Could also be classified as in Baram-Tinjar Subgroup or as an isolate within Rejang-Baram Group.
(BISAYAH, BISAYA BUKIT, VISAYAK, BEKIAU, LORANG BUKIT) [BSD] 7,000 (1984 SIL).
58% lexical similarity with Sabah Bisaya, 78% to 79% with Brunei Bisaya, and lower with other Dusunic languages or any other language in Sabah.
www.christusrex.org /www1/pater/ethno/MalS.html   (1600 words)

  
 filipino website,filipino lyrics,filipino midi,Cebuano website,bisaya jokes,online quizzes,filipino recipe
We have the funniest English jokes that will make you laugh.
One of the net best bisaya jokes.Mga pakatawa na bisdak.
Check out our love quizzes page and other funny stuff.
www.ex-designz.net /extremejoke.asp   (81 words)

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