Ethnologue Ethnologue groups the languages of Bikol as follows: •
Bikol • Coastal Bikol (Northern) •
Isarog Agta language •
Mount Iraya Agta language •
Central Bikol language (
ISO 639-3 bcl) •
Canaman dialect (standard) •
Naga City dialect • Partido dialect • Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon (TLS) dialect • Daet dialect •
Southern Catanduanes Bikol language • Inland Bikol (Southern) •
Mount Iriga Agta language •
Albay Bikol languages • Buhinon language • Libon language • West Miraya language • East Miraya language •
Rinconada Bikol language • Highland/Sinabukid dialect • Agta variant • Iriga variant (standard) • Lakeside/Sinaranəw dialect • Baao variant • Bato variant • Bula–Pili variant • Nabua–Balatan variant •
Northern Catanduanes Bikol (Pandan Bikol)
McFarland (1974) Curtis McFarland gives the following classification for the Bikol languages. }}
Lobel (2000) While McFarland (1974) splits Bikol into 11 dialects, Lobel (2000) splits Bikol into 12 different dialects (including Partido Bikol, which McFarland does not differentiate) and 4 main branches. •
Bikol •
Northern Coastal Bikol •
Central Standard – spoken primarily in
Naga City, Cam. Sur,
Tabaco &
Legazpi, Albay and
Sorsogon City, Sorsogon. Also recognized (and sometimes understood) in
Daet, Camarines Norte and many other areas of Camarines Sur,
San Pascual, Masbate on
Burias Island, first and second districts of Albay, southwestern coast of Catanduanes, and northeastern Sorsogon. • Daet area variant • Naga City area variant • Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon area variant • Southwestern and northern town of
San Andres and
Caramoran, Catanduanes. •
Partido – spoken in the Camarines Sur municipalities of
Ocampo,
Goa,
Tigaon,
Lagonoy,
Sagñay, and
San Jose. This dialect has a mellow intonation and is heavily influenced by Rinconada Bikol. •
Southern Catanduanes – spoken in the southern half of Catanduanes. •
Virac area variant •
Bato area variant •
Baras area variant •
San Miguel variant (transitional to North Catanduanes) •
Southern Coastal and Inland Bikol •
Rinconada Bikol – spoken primarily in
Iriga City,
Baao,
Bula,
Balatan,
Baao and
Nabua, Camarines Sur. Also in some parts of Ocampo, Buhi and Pili in Camarines Sur and in parts of Polangui, Albay. • Lakeside Rinconada dialect (lacks /
ə/ vowel) • Highland Rinconada dialect (with /
ə/ vowel) •
Buhinon – spoken in
Buhi, Camarines Sur. Contains features from both the Bikol of Polangui, Albay and the Iriga variant of Rinconada Bikol. •
Libon – spoken in
Libon, Albay. •
West Miraya – spoken in
Ligao City,
Polangui,
Oas, and
Pio Duran, Albay. •
East Miraya – spoken in
Guinobatan,
Camalig,
Daraga &
Jovellar, Albay and
Donsol &
Pilar, Sorsogon. • Central (
Guinobatan) • Far East (
Camalig,
Daraga) • Southeast (
Jovellar, Albay,
Donsol,
Pilar) •
Northern Catanduanes •
Pandan Bikol – spoken by about 80,000 people or the northern half of Catanduanes. •
Bagamanoc area variant •
Caramoran area variant (transitional to South Catanduanes) •
Gigmoto area variant (transitional to South Catanduanes) •
Pandan area variant •
Panganiban area variant •
Viga area variant •
Bisakol •
Northern Sorsogon – spoken in
Sorsogon City,
Castilla,
Casiguran and
Juban. •
Castilla area variant (mixed with Bikol-Legazpi) •
Casiguran–
Juban area variant •
Southern Sorsogon (also known as Gubat language) – spoken in
Gubat;
Barcelona,
Bulusan,
Santa Magdalena,
Matnog,
Irosin, and
Bulan. •
Masbateño – spoken in
Masbate City,
Mobo,
Uson,
Dimasalang,
Palanas,
Masbate,
Aroroy on the island of Masbate, all of
Ticao Island, and
Claveria on the southern half of Burias Island. • Standard Masbateño •
Ticao Island variant Some dialects of Southern Bikol have the
close central unrounded vowel as a reflex of
Proto-Austronesian . However, Proto-Austronesian is realized as in
Libon. Two Bikol dialects have unique additional consonants, namely Southern Catanduanes, which has an
interdental lateral consonant (also transcribed as ), and Buhi-non, which has the
voiced velar fricative . ==See also==