Bikol is one of the Bikol languages, which are members of the Central Philippine group of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. Bikol is spoken by about 2.4 million people mainly on the Bicol Peninsula on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, and also on the islands of Catanduanes, Masbate, Burias and Ticao.
Bikol is also known as Bicol, Central Bikol, Bikol Sentral or Bikol Naga. Dialects include Canaman, Naga City, Partido, Tabaco-Legazpi-Sorsogon (TLS), Virac and Daet.
Before the Spanish conquest of the Philippinse in the 1570s, Bikol was written with the Bahasan script, which is simliar to the Baybayin script, and was used to some extent until the mid-19th century. The Spanish used the Latin alphabet to write Bikol, and one of the earilest Bikol publications was the Vocabulario de la lengua Bicol, compiled by Father Marcos de Lisboa, a Franciscan friar, between 1602 and 1611.
Download an alphabet chart for Bikol (Excel)
An gabos na tawo ipinangaking may katalinkasan asin parantay sa dignidad asin derechos. Sinda gabos tinawan nin pag-isip asin conciencia kaya dapat na makipag-iriba sa lambang saro bilang mga magturugang.
A recording of this text by Josh Montarde
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Information about Bikol | Basahan script, Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel
Information about Bikol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikol_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Bikol
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/bcl
Bikol phrases
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bikol_phrasebook
https://saminovic.wordpress.com/language/business/
http://wowlegazpi.com/useful-bicol-phrases/
http://wikitravel.org/en/Bikol_phrasebook
Aborlan Tagbanwa, Agutaynen, Bantik, Bikol, Binukid, Blaan, Buhid, Bukid, Buol, Calmian Tagbanwa, Casiguran Dumagat Agta, Central Tagbanwa, Gorontalo, Hanuno'o, Iranun, Iraya, Isnag, Kagayanen, Kalanguya, Kapampangan, Klata, Maguindanao, Mamanwa, Manide, Maranao, Matigsalug, Molbog, Mongondow, Obo, Palawano, Ponosakan, Ratahan, Rinconada Bikol, Sangirese, Suwawa, Tagalog, Tagabawà, Talaud, Tawbuid, Tboli, Tiruray, Tombulu, Tondano, Tonsawang, Umiray Dumaget, Western Subanon
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
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