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The Bohol dialect developed in the region after the Cebuano language arrived there from Cebu.The Cebuano language, descended from Proto-Austronesian (ca. 6000 years ago), originated in the Sugbo heartland [2] and then "has spread from its base in Cebu" to Bohol, thus beginning the Bohol Cebuano dialect.
Eskayan is an artificial auxiliary language of the Eskaya people of Bohol, an island province of the Philippines. It is grammatically Boholano , the native language of Bohol, with a substituted lexicon.
Boholano is a dialect of Cebuano that is spoken on the island of Bohol in the Philippines, which is a Visayan speech variety, although it is sometimes described as a separate language by some linguists and native speakers. Boholano, especially the dialects used in Central Bohol, can be distinguished from other Cebuano dialects by a few phonetic ...
To the west of Bohol is Cebu, to the northeast is the island of Leyte and to the south, across the Bohol Sea, is Mindanao. The Cebu Strait separates Bohol from Cebu, and both island provinces share a common language, but Boholano retains a conscious distinction from Cebuano. Bohol's climate is generally dry, with maximum rainfall between the ...
According to Eskaya mythology, the language and script was created through divine inspiration by the ancestor Pinay who based it on the human body. Suppressed by the Spanish colonists, Pinay's language was said to have resurfaced under the leadership of Mariano Datahan (ca. 1875– January 17, 1949), a veteran of Bohol's republican army.
Eskayan is an artificial auxiliary language created as the embodiment of a Bohol nation in the aftermath of the Philippine–American War. It is used by about 500 people. It is used by about 500 people.
The invasion of mainland Bohol by the people of Panglao ushered in the birth of the so-called Bohol "kingdom", also known as the "Dapitan Kingdom of Bohol". The Bohol "kingdom" prospered under the reign of the two brother rulers of Panglao, Datu Dailisan and Datu Pagbuaya, with trade links established with neighboring Southeast Asian countries ...
Cebuano language (4 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Languages of Bohol" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.