Wáray-Wáray or Samarnon (commonly spelled as Waray; also referred to as Winaray or Lineyte-Samarnon) is a language spoken in the provinces of Samar, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte (eastern and northern portion), and Biliran in the Philippines.

The Waraynon or Samarnon group of dialects in Sorsogon and Masbate Sorsogonon. Waray Sorsogon and Masbate Sorsogon are called Bisakol because they are intermediate between Visayan and Bicolano languages. The Waray or Samarnon is a distinct language from other Visayan Islands Languages and are not related to Cebuano and more closely to considered a close dialect of Hiligaynon and Masbatenyo.

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Pronouns

Absolutive Ergative Oblique 1st person singular ako, ak nakon, nak, ko akon, ak 2nd person singular ikaw, ka nimo, nim, mo imo, im 3rd person singular hiya, siya niya iya 1st person plural inclusive kita, kit naton aton 1st person plural exclusive kami, kam namon amon 2nd person plural kamo niyo iyo 3rd person plural hira, sira nira ira

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what's 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 in Bikolano, Ilonngo, Cebuano and Waray? help me..?
Q. what's 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 in Bikolano, Ilonngo, Cebuano and Waray? help me..?
Asked by kcin_seventeen - Sun Aug 6 05:50:42 2006 - - 2 Answers - 1 Comments

A. n Bikolano 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10... in Ilonngo 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10... in Cebuano 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10... and in Waray 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 SAME !
Answered by doubtingTom - Wed Aug 9 14:48:42 2006

Can someone translate this waray conversation?
Q. girl, musta pinas? c vangie to, ask ko lng bkit sbi ni eva 1,000 pa dw utang ko sau, alam mo yan na 500 na lng, kaya nga 60 lagi tubo binibigay ko sau b4, pki send nman ng msg kay eva @ sa concern person pa pinag bilinan mo, bkit ganon? nagulat ako sa cnabi ni eva, pls, khit thru FB or friendster send ka msg sa akn or kay eva, tnks... ingat dyan ha?...cge txt ko...andun lahat ng lista nun...
Asked by id111 - Tue Feb 2 23:43:03 2010 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
how to translate it in waray: " Good morning! I am ___ represents 2nd year st. lorenzo ruiz"?
Q. yeah. that one is quite short... u may give me additional words/sentences etc. so that it could make sense.. I'm the lakambini of our class and we need to say something about the region of samar and leyte and speak their language in the competition.. it would really help me..tnx. and oh.. hopefully i could do great during the competition.. haha.. pray for me.. salamat!! thank you!!
Asked by innie - Mon Aug 10 08:58:19 2009 - - 1 Answers - 1 Comments

A. "Maupay nga aga! ___ iton akon ngaran." "Good morning! My name is ___"
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