Austronesian · ISO 639-3 bik
Bikol Language
Bikol is an Austronesian language spoken by about 3.3 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Bikol is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Bikol
Language family
- Austronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Greater Central Philippine
- Bikol
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Bikol language
Bikol is spoken by about 3.3 million people. It belongs to the Austronesian language family and, more precisely, to the Greater Central Philippine group within the Greater Central Philippine branch.
Where is Bikol spoken?
Bikol is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Philippines (3.5 million).
Bikol is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Bikol is written in the Latin script.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Filipino, Cebuano, Tagalog, Hiligaynon, Waray (Philippines), Central Bikol and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 bik.
Frequently asked questions about Bikol
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.