Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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The Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters (Cebuano
: Akademyang Bisaya) is a Philippine
language regulator whose aims are to preserve and to develop the Cebuano language
. In this regard, the Commission on the Filipino Language shares the same mission.
Cebuano language
Cebuano, referred to by most of its speakers as Bisaya , is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 20 million people mostly in the Central Visayas. It is the most widely spoken of the languages within the so-named Bisayan subgroup and is closely related to other Filipino...
: Akademyang Bisaya) is a Philippine
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
language regulator whose aims are to preserve and to develop the Cebuano language
Cebuano language
Cebuano, referred to by most of its speakers as Bisaya , is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 20 million people mostly in the Central Visayas. It is the most widely spoken of the languages within the so-named Bisayan subgroup and is closely related to other Filipino...
. In this regard, the Commission on the Filipino Language shares the same mission.