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The Bikol languages are a group of Central Philippine languages spoken particularly on the Bicol Peninsula on the island of Luzon and parts of Catanduanes and Burias Island, Masbate Province. There is also a continuum between Visayan languages and Bikol languages, called Bisakol languages.

Five of the eight Bikol languages belong to a Bikol macrolanguage (ISO 639: bik). The eight varieties of Bikol according to the Ethnologue 15 are:

• Coastal Bikol (Northern)
  • Naga
    • Agta, Isarog - agk
    • Agta, Mt. Iraya - atl
    • Central Bikolano - bcl (part of ISO 639: bik)
  • Virac (Southern Catanduanes) - bln (part of ISO 639: bik)
• Inland Bikol (Southern)
  • Agta, Mt. Iriga - agz
  • Albay Bicolano (Buhi-Daraga) - bhk (part of ISO 639: bik)
  • Iriga Bicolano - bto (part of ISO 639: bik)
• Pandan (Northern Catanduanes) - cts (part of ISO 639: bik)

[edit] External links

• Translate Bikol an online English-Bikol and Bisakol languages translator

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