or *l) *qC, *Cq > *Cq (MOST) *qC, *Cq > *qC (Tausug, and most Bikol languages) Internal classification David Zorc gives the following internal classification for the Bisayan languages (Zorc 1977:32). The five primary branches are South, Cebuan, Central, Banton, and West. However, Zorc notes that the Bisayan language family is more like a dialect continuum rather than a set of readily distinguishable languages. The South Bisayan languages are considered to have diverged first, followed by Cebuan and then the rest of the three branches. Also, in the Visayas section, the province of Romblon has the most linguistic diversity, as languages from three primary Bisayan branches are spoken there: Romblomanon from Central Bisayan, Inunhan from Western Bisayan and Banton (which has an independent Bisayan branch). Notably, Baybayanon and Porohanon have Warayan substrata, indicating a more widespread distribution of Waray before Cebuano speakers started to expand considerably starting from the mid-1800s. A total of 36 varieties are listed below. Individual languages are marked by italics. Bisayan 1. South (spoken on the northeastern coast of Mindanao) Butuan-Tausug Tausug Butuanon Surigao Surigaonon Tandaganon 2. Cebuan (spoken in Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor, Eastern Negros, western Leyte and northern, southeastern and northwestern parts of Mindanao) Cebuan Cebuano Boholano 3. Central (spoken across most of the Visayan region) Warayan (spoken in eastern Leyte, Biliran and Samar) Waray Baybayanon Kabalian Southern Sorsogon (Gubat) Peripheral Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) (spoken in eastern Panay and Guimaras, Western Negros and south-central Mindanao) Capiznon Bantayanon Porohanon Masbate-Sorsogon Masbateño Central Sorsogon (Masbate) Romblon (also the name of the province) Romblomanon 4. Asi (spoken in northwestern Romblon Province) Asi 5. West Aklan (spoken in northwestern Panay) Aklanon/Inakeanon Malaynon Karayan Karay-a (spoken in western and inland Panay) North-Central (spoken on Tablas Island and the southern tip of Mindoro) Inonhan (language related to Karayan) Kuyan (spoken in the archipelagos west of Panay and Romblon as well as the southern tip of Mindoro) Ratagnon Cuyonon Caluyanon Caluyanon The auxiliary language of Eskayan is grammatically Bisayan, but has essentially no Bisayan (or Philippine) vocabulary. Magahat and Karolanos, both spoken in Negros, are unclassified within Bisayan. Ethnologue classification Ethnologue classifies the 25 Bisayan languages into five subgroups: Names and locations Zorc (1977: 14–15) lists the following names and locations of Bisayan languages. The recently documented languages Karolanos, Magahat, and Kabalian are not listed in Zorc (1977). Comparisons The following comparisons are from data gathered by Zorc (1997). Personal-noun case markers Common-name