Bisayan

[bih-sahy-uhn]

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noun

Bisayans ,

Bisayan .

Bisayan

/ bɪˈsɑːjən /

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The Tagáls wore black as a sign of mourning; the Bisayans wore white, and shaved the head and eyebrows.

The Spanish expeditions found many coasts and islands in the Bisayan group without inhabitants.

He was versed in the various dialects of the Bisayan Islands.

Up to date about two hundred Bisayan Indians have died, most of them from diseases.

In Tagalog and Bisayan the letter “n” is dropped and the word is pronounced “be-lat′-ic.”

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