Waray language resources – Language Links Database
Waray (also known as Waray-Waray/Binisaya nga Waray) - is an Austronesian language and the fifth-most-spoken native regional language of the Philippines, native to Eastern Visayas. It is the native language of the Waray people and second language of the Abaknon people of Capul, Northern Samar, and some Cebuano-speaking peoples of western and southern parts of Leyte island. It is the third most spoken language among the Bisayan languages, only behind Cebuano and Hiligaynon.
More information: Wikipedia
Native speakers: 3.6 million (2015 census)
Official language in: Regional language in the Philippines
Waray Grammar and Pronunciation
- Omniglot.com - Waray alphabet, pronunciation and language
- Scribd.com - Bisayan (Waray) Grammar - PDF
- Scribd.com - Waray Morphology - PDF
- Scribd.com - Waray Words - PDF
- Academia.edu - Acoustic Properties of Waray Vowels: Towards A New Waray Orthography - PDF
Waray Reading Materials
- PolyglotClub.com - Waray (Philippines) Greetings for Everyday Life
- Wiki Voyage - Waray Phrasebook
- Waray News - a newspaper online
- Yirmeyah.wordpress.com - Warayb Bible - to Download
Waray Dictionaries
Waray Listening and Video Resources
TV / Video / Movies
- YouTube - How to Speak Waray Language Fast (with Filipino and English Translation) “This video will help you learn useful phrases in Waray-Waray with English and Filipino Translations.”
- YouTube - Learn to SPEAK WARAY with this 100 WARAY WORDS (with English Translations)
- YouTube - LEARN WARAY INTERESTING TERMS & PHRASES | TACLOBAN DIALECT
- Waraylessons.byethost32.com - Waray Lessons - “There are 23 lessons, which are in PDF format.”
Radio
- Prime FM Waray - radio station online
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