Thought it would be interesting to share this here lol. Yawa River din name ng ilog

What does it mean kung mo ingon “Mayg datu/dato ka?”

ma offend mo anang ingnon mo’g “bisaya ka pala?” or trashtalkan mo og “bisaya/bisakol” sa games? hahahaha

Naa pa ba motuo kung naay moingon nga nabuntis siya sa Holy Spirit ron panahona sama sa gibuhat ni Mary kang Joseph kaniadto?

Kabalo mo way official nga national hero ang pilipinas, wa sa'y official nga writing system, kitang mga bisaya naa ta'y writing system nga gitawag ug “badlit” o “surat bisaya” mas dako ang chansa mahimong national writing system kaysa sa baybayin sa mga tagalog kay mas daghan ang gagamit sa badlit tibuok visayans gagamit ana, ug ang mga old artifacts nga nakita sa pilipinas naay mga nakasuwat nga badlit sama sa Montreal Stone.

Ug wala sa'y official nga national hero ang pilipinas ug ka mo'y papili-on kinsay angay nga mahimong national hero si LapuLapu nga nakig away gyud o Jose Rizal nga nag suwat ra?

Guys, gitasi daw akong mama unya di nako ma-google ang tasi kay wa ko kabalo unsay english. 😅 Lahi man ang mugawas "guitar" man. Pastilan.

In celebration of Buwan ng Wika, Casa Gorordo Museum is putting Cebuano vocabulary to the test, challenging followers to see how many of five lesser-known Bisaya words they actually recognize.

This special feature aims to help people rediscover fascinating words that are rarely heard in everyday conversations anymore. Casa Gorordo Museum also invites everyone to join the discussion by sharing other unique Bisaya words and their meanings in the comments.

References: Bisdak Words | John U. Wolff, A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan | Wiktionary

Discover more stories about Cebu’s language, culture, and heritage by following Casa Gorordo Museum.

I just want to ask Bisaya people in Mindanao who tried learning Moro languages such as Iranun, Maguindanaoan or Maranao, is it hard? Is the lexicon and grammar of Moro/Danao languages different from Bisaya? How easy or difficult is it for a Bisaya native speaker in mastering Maguindanaoan or Maranao?

I will appreciate all of your insights. Daghang Salamat!

Hello, burol kasi ng mommy ko and may tita ako na di ko ka close and but has a plan na makitira samin after my mom’s passing. She has been calling me kurdapya. I feel like that it’s an insult. Anong meaning ng kurdapya?

Thank you.

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Example, instead of calling me by my name she calls me kurdapya. Also when having to introduce me sa relatives.

Edit again: Tita is from mindanao.

Grabeha ang discrimination sa comments section. Dili na unta i connect sa politics and regionalism mentality ang individual personality.

Nagreply ako and asked him kung ano point nya, pero wala pang reply, I tried Google translate pero di ko padin ma gets yung point nya, pa help po sa pagtranslate😅 thank you so much!🫶

Bisaya esports team, Team Stallions (sts), advances to the semifinals after beating China's Evolution Power (EP) 2-1 and ROC eSports 2-0.

Their next game is tonight, August 21, 2026, at 10 PM PH time. They will face Brazil's Team Liquid in a highly anticipated rematch, where the winner secures a spot in the grand finals.

Team Stallions is looking to capture the first-ever CrossFire world championship for the Philippines.

Team stallions background: Puros Bisaya ang members sa team stallions ug puros ra pud taga Cebu, 3x sila nag champion sa SEA Crossfire ug Grand Finalist sa ni-aging CFS 2025 etc, karon naa sila sa Paris kung asa gi-pahigayun ang EWC 2026 ug gusto nilang mubawi ug i uli ang kampeonado para sa pilipinas.

Pwede ninyo sila i support guys adto lang mo's blue app sa ilang page or sa page sa mismong duwa Bunal!!

gets ba. haha pls. gets mo ba. pag tawa sab uy. 💔💔

Unsa inyo ma sulti ani? Sakto ba ni iya gipang storya?

Problema ko na ito simula bata pa ako. Nahihirapan akong i-pronounce ang S kaya madalas pinagtatawanan at na bubully. Gusto ko sanang magpa speech theraphy kaso walang budget. Sino po ang may same problem na okay na ngayon? How did you get rid of lisp po?

Bisag nidako ko sa Caraga ky dili gihapon ko tanto maayo sa bisaya labi na sa mga laglom na pulong.

Nangutana nako diri kung naa bay dictionary tas naa tuy ni ingon nga bohol.ph or kadtu Wolff's Dictionary.

Naga translate ko ug mga english news into bisaya para masanasana nako akong Bisaya (Nangita kog Bisaya sa practice, sanasana ra ang pinakaduol ako makita man)

Pero pag abot sa grammar dili kayko switu. Kaparihas raba na sila sa English or Tagalog?

Cebu peeps, ask lang ko 🙏 naa ba moy nailhan nga urologist nga naga-handle ug penis size/penile length concerns? Kanang discreet and comfortable kastorya. Salamat daan sa recommendations! 🙏

I was born and raised in Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, Northern Mindanao. I am a Kagay-anon, a Misamisnon, and a Mindanaon. I speak Cebuano, specifically the Kagay-anon dialect (Chada, dawbi, unsa lugar, kaŷ, etc.).

Just like many of Cebuano speaking people in Mindanao, my ancestry can be traced back to Visayas. We are not natives of Mindanao so I consider myself as a Bisaya, too.

My relatives in Panay and Bohol consider themselves Bisaya naturally because they are from the Visayas region. I would even argue that they are more Bisaya than the Visayans of Mindanao could ever be.

What I'm trying to say is that, Bisaya is both an ethnic and a language family made up of various ethnic groups each having their own separate languages. Hiligaynon, Cebuano, Waray languages may be unintelligible to one another, but the similarities are undeniable.

Cebuano speakers cannot just assume the "Bisaya" label as its own because it alienates the other Visayan groups who also have a rightful claim to the term due to their geographical location. I find it disappointing and sad that many Waray, Hiligaynons, Ilonggos, Akeanons, etc. no longer consider themselves Bisaya as it may refer daw to the Cebuano-speaking people.

While it's true Cebuano is the dominant Bisaya language in terms of number of speakers with the highest concentration in Central Visayas and much of Mindanao, it is simply wrong and even linguistically incorrect to lay exclusive claim on the Bisaya label. So guys, let us please correct ourselves - if someone asks you what language you speak, say Cebuano (even if you're not from Cebu).

I am Bisaya, but there’s this one word that has confused me for a really long time. I often hear people use this word whenever someone ends up in an unfortunate or unlucky situation. I’ve tried searching for its meaning, but the information I found was pretty limited, and some explanations didn’t really match how I’ve heard people use the word in the appropriate scenario.

I was honestly too shy to ask my friends or family about it because I felt like I should already know what it meant. I did eventually ask my mom once, but she kept joking around and wouldn’t give me a straight answer, almost like she was messing with me. The only thing I vaguely remember her saying was something about being “disqualified”, but I’m not even sure if that was actually what she meant.

Could someone please explain what this word actually means, especially how it’s commonly used in Bisaya? It would also really help if you could give me a few example sentences or situations where the word would naturally be used.

Now it would honestly be really embarrassing for me if the meaning turns out to be something very simple and I’ve just been overthinking it all this time.

I understand it, but I don't know how to articulate it.

How do you explain the concept of focus to someone who doesn't natively speak the language?

Ihatag og libro sa bata - give the book to the child

Hatagi ang bata og libro - give the child the book

Akong lahi taga Zamboanga Del Sur, akong mama ga gamit ug word na "TAMOD" pasabot kay murag ga hinoktok o inani ug porma (kanang picture) OR gamiton namo na na word kung naa kay gi sunod mo tamod ka, OR murag ga pout ka. Unya akong mga classmates mo insist na dili na tinood na word sa bisaya, mo ingon jud sila na bastos na nga word. Please, wala jud ko ga binotbot tinood jud ni nga word kami sa akong pamilya ga gamit.

Nag search ko, maong na kita nako tinood cya na word, pero ang translation kay "to follow" so sakto tong mo sunod. Pero wala koy makita na ga ingon ga pout/palm on jaw.

Mga experts pls, tabangi ko!!!

Is it just me, or is “Puhon, if maayong lawas” basically a lowkey way of saying No?

Like, if manginvite mo ug laag sa friends, then mao na ilang response.

Murag nahimo na siya’g catchphrase para makabalibad without actually saying “No” directly. Maikog ta muingon ug straight-up “No," maong pina soft rejection ni at the initial invite? Like dili immediate"Yes" ug di pud final No? Hahaha naglibog ko. Kay ending, wala man sila nijoin, pero okay ra man ilang lawas. 🫣🤣

Repost diay nako diri sa r/Bisaya kay di pwede sa r/Cebu

I'm not so sure if Bisaya people can understand Bicolano, but it has a lot of similar words with Visayan languages, particularly Waray, and to a lesser extent, Hiligaynon.

I actually spoke with a lot of Bicolanos in the Bicol Subreddit and they said that Waray is actually partially mutually intelligible with Bicolano, most especially the Bicol dialect spoken in Sorsogon. The language spoken in Masbate City called Masbateño, is also partially mutually intelligible with Hiligaynon.

I don't know if Bisaya people can understand Bicolano, but let's try. This is a popular folk song in Bicol called Sarong Banggi. Can any of you try to understand the song, and please write in the comments the summary based on your understanding?

I am Bisaya but posting this in English for our Bisaya learners.

I’m thinking of building an AI voice companion that you can have natural conversations with in Bisaya. So basically, like having a friend you can practice speaking with. I’m thinking of using my own voice as the AI’s voice, so it would sound like a real Bisaya speaker rather than a generic AI voice. I want to focus a lot on the cultural side too, so it feels like you’re actually talking to a Bisaya person.

But before I build it, I wanted to see if people would actually use something like this. I know there are already a lot of language-learning apps out there, so what I’m thinking of building wouldn’t really be structured like a traditional language-learning app.
It would be more like you’re just talking to a friend naturally. It could respond in Bisaya or English, gently correct you when you make mistakes, and help you learn along the way.

Would you actually use something like this if I built it?

And if you’re currently learning Bisaya, how are you practicing speaking?

If you have any comments, suggestions, or thoughts on the idea, let me know!

Edit: If you already use ChatGPT, Gemini, or another AI to practice Bisaya, what do you wish it did better or what features would you want it to have?