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A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3

bfx

Population

71,600 (2007 J. Lobel).

Location

Central Visayas region: Cebu province, Bantayan and surrounding
islands.

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Southern
Philippines

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Austronesian,
Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Bisayan,
Central

Dialects

None known. Reportedly similar to Hiligaynon [hil].

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OLAC resources in and about Bantayanon

Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

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