Bisaya
Cebuano
Noun
Bisaya
- a Visayan person
- the Cebuano language (see usage notes)
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Usage notes
Most speakers of the language, while speaking in Cebuano, would usually call the language as Bisaya or Binisaya. Some speakers refuse to call the language Cebuano since the language is also used in other parts of the Visayas and Mindanao. In Cebu, and in media, the language is called Sinugbuanon. Cebuano, as a name of the language, is almost only used in English.
Furthermore, other similar languages under the Visayan language continuum refers their language also as Bisaya or Binisaya, but in most instances they call their own language in their exonym to avoid confusion.
Derived terms
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bi‧sa‧ya
Noun
Bisaya
- (see usage notes) the Visayan people, especially the Cebuano people, or sometimes also the Hiligaynon(Ilonggo) and Waray people, or any other from the Philippines that identify with the Visayan meta-ethnicity of the Visayas.
- One of the Visayan languages, especially the Cebuano language or sometimes also the Hiligaynon(Ilonggo) and Waray language, spoken in the Philippines, in particular, in the Visayas and Mindanao.
- One of the native speakers of the Visayan languages, especially the Cebuano language or sometimes also the Hiligaynon(Ilonggo) and Waray language.
Adjective
Bisaya
- pertaining to the Visayan people or the Visayan languages and its speakers.
Derived terms
Usage notes
Some consider this term to have ethnic undertones, hence might be offensive when used towards an ethnic Visayan person who considers the term, used in the context of Tagalog, as such.
