Bikol languages

This article is about the various dialects of the Bicol Region. For the standardized dialect of Bikol based on the Canaman variant often simply known as "Bikol", see Central Bikol.

Bikol
Geographic distribution	Bicol Region
Native speakers	4,430,000 (1990)
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Central Philippine Bikol
Proto-language	Proto-Bikol
Subdivisions	Coastal Bikol Inland Bikol Pandan Bikol
Language codes
ISO 639-2 / 5	bik
ISO 639-3	bik
Glottolog	biko1240
Geographic extent of Bikol languages according to Ethnologue   Bikol proper   Bisayan languages in the Bikol region

Geographic distribution of major Bikol languages and dialects across Bicol region; classification based on Lobel (2013); Masbatenyo, Central Sorsogon, and Southern Sorsogon are Bisayan languages but heavily influenced by Bikol.

The Bikol languages or Bicolano languages are a group of Central Philippine languages spoken mostly in the Bicol Peninsula in the southeastern part of Luzon, the neighboring island-province of Catanduanes, and the island of Burias in Masbate. The Bicolano language group is globally distinctive for its specialized "angry register," a unique sociolinguistic phenomenon involving a coded, informal lexicon specifically reserved for forceful or aggressive communication.