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The Baybay language, also known as Baybayanon, Utudnon, Waya-Waya or Leyte, is a distinct regional language that was spoken on the island of Leyte in the Philippines before the arrival of Waray and then later, Boholano and Cebuano. It is still spoken around the city of Baybay.
The people of Leyte province are subdivided into two closely related Visayan ethnolinguistic groups. In the northern, central and eastern parts are the Warays and in the western part are the Cebuanos. Tacloban-Waray dialect is considered as the standard form of Waray language and is used as the de facto lingua franca in both Leyte and Samar ...
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.
The term "Waray" refers both to the people and the language of Samar and Leyte, [18] and means "nothing" in the Waray language. It is unclear how it became the language's name. [2] According to the Sanghiran sang Binisaya (Council for the Visayan Language), the formal name of the language is Lineyte-Samarnon or Binisaya. [2]
Formerly, Baybay was the biggest town in Leyte in terms of population and second in terms of land area, after Abuyog. The Baybay language, a Visayan language distinct from both Waray and Cebuano, is spoken in the city itself. [8] Baybay houses a major port on the central west coast of Leyte, where ferries leave for and from Cebu and other islands.
Cebuano language (4 C, 22 P) W. Waray language (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Languages of Southern Leyte" This category contains only the following page.
Poverty incidence of Southern Leyte 10 20 30 40 50 2006 33.72 2009 43.07 2012 43.28 2015 40.94 2018 23.70 2021 16.00 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Farming Coconut Most of the people in Southern Leyte go into coconut planting, a widely distributed industry, especially in mountainous and even plain regions. The GIZ of the German Development Cooperation has embarked on a value chain ...
Leyte (/ ˈ l eɪ t i, ˈ l eɪ t eɪ / LAY-tee, LAY-tay) is an island in the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines.It is eighth-largest and sixth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 2,626,970 as of 2020 census.