Austronesian · ISO 639-3 krj
Kinaray-A Language Kinaray-a
Kinaray-A is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1.1 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Kinaray-A is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Kinaray-A
Language family
- Austronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Greater Central Philippine
- Central Philippine
- Bisayan
- West Bisayan
- Kinarayan
- Kinaray-A
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Kinaray-A language
Kinaray-A (Kinaray-a) is spoken by about 1.1 million people, which makes it the 456th most spoken language in the world — just behind Zande (1.1 million) and ahead of Negeri Sembilan Malay (1.0 million). It belongs to the Austronesian language family and, more precisely, to the Kinarayan group within the Greater Central Philippine branch.
Where is Kinaray-A spoken?
Kinaray-A is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Philippines (461,280).
Kinaray-A is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Kinaray-A is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray (Philippines), Tausug, Filipino, Tagalog and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 krj.
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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.