PANGKAT ETHNOLINGGUISTIKO SA VISAYAS

VISAYAS
Groups Etymology Subgroups Economy Religious Views
Aklanon Folk belief is that
Aklan derived its
name from a river
called Akean
Agriculture. Rice and
corn.
Early Panayanons
believed in many
gods.
Kiniraya/
Hamtikanon/
Antiqueno/
Hamtik/
Hantikanon
Kiniray-a
or hiniraya is
derived from iraya
meaning upstream,
ka meaning
companion

Agriculture and
fishing.
The spritual world is
inhabited by the
numerous engkantu,
fairies, and other
supernatural spirits.
Hiligaynon Hispanized
contraction of the
phrase
manong-ilig sang
kawayan bamboo
floaters
Ilongo/Illongo/Illonggo
Panyano
Sugarcane cultivation. Early Ilongo believed
in many gods.
At present, 75% is
Catholic, 25% is
Protestant.
Bukidnon Bukidnon from
bukid (mountain)
and non , means
mountain people
Magahat
Karolano
Buquitnon
Food gathering and
swidden agriculture.
Four world
cosmology (skyworld,
earthworld,
underworld,
paradise)
Boholano Boholano was
derived from Bool,
the earliest name of
Tagbilaran city, the
capital of Bohol
Agriculture, fishing,
cattle raising, mineral
production and
cottage industries.
96% are Catholic. The
remaining 4% are
either Aglipayan,
protestant, or Iglesia
ni Cristo.
Province.
Cebuano Cebuano comes
from the root word
Cebu , the spanish
version of Sugbo
which means To
walk in the water.
Being a distribution
center and focusing in
nonagricultural areas.
Animist tradition
blended with
Catholicism.
Waray Agriculture. Belief in Diwatas.