Back Tataramon na Albay Bikol BCL Albay Bicolano jezik Croatian Pagsasao a Bikol ti Albay ILO アルバイ・ビコール語 Japanese Lenga Bicolano, Albay PMS Wikang Albay Bikol Tagalog
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| Albay Bikol | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Bicol |
Native speakers | 700,000; 300,000 of rbl; 260,000 of fbl; 73,600 of ubl; 68,800 of lbl (2009 SIL)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:ubl – Boînënlbl – Libon Bikolrbl – Miraya Bikolfbl – West Albay Bikol |
| Glottolog | alba1269 |
Albay Bikol, or simply Albayanon is a group of languages and one of the three languages that compose Inland Bikol. It is spoken in the southwestern coast of Albay, (Pio Duran, Jovellar) and northwestern Sorsogon. The region is bordered by the Coastal Bikol and Rinconada Bikol speakers. The latter is the closest language of Albay Bikol and is mutually intelligible. They are both included in Inland Bikol group of languages.
Albay Bikol is the only sub-group of the Inland Bikol group with several languages with in it. The member languages in this sub-grouping lack stressed syllables, rare, if there is, and that makes them different and unique from other Bikol languages. The said feature of Albay Bikol is comparable to French and Portuguese languages that rarely use stressed syllables.
- ^ Albay Bikol language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
