Translate English to Visayan
If you have a friend who lives in or is originally from the Philippine Visayas, you may want to translate English to Visayan or translate Visayan to English. And you can give them a big surprise if you send your next message in their own language!
Before you begin, it may help to understand a bit about the Visayas region, culture, and languages.
The word Visaya refers to the region of the Visayan Islands in the Philippines. The Visayan Islands include Panay, Negros, Cebu, Leyte, Bohol, and a few other islands.
The Visayan people speak several Visayan languages, including Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Karay-a, Aklanon, and several others.
People who speak Cebuano or another Visayan language may refer to it in their dialect as Visayan. Therefore, it is important to check which Visayan language they are referring to. Is it Cebuano or another language from the Visayan region?
Note that the vocabulary of Cebuano and other Visayan languages is quite different from the vocabulary of Tagalog, which is the main language in the Philippines.
To translate from English to Visayan or Cebuano, you can do one or more of the following.
- Take a language course.
- Buy an English – Visayan Dictionary.
- Get some friends online from the Visayan Islands and ask them to help translate your text.
- Use an online service. On our website, for example, you can learn more about free online English to Cebuano and Cebuano to English translation tools.
It’s not too difficult to translate your message into Visayan or Cebuano if you have a little understanding of the different languages, which one you need, and where to go for help.