BISAYA

Cebuano or Sugbuanon, has its beginnings and origins in the island province of
Sugbo, now known as Cebu. It is also known as Bisaya to its speakers and other
ethnic groups who are familiar with the language. The language is spoken entirely
in Central Visayas, some parts in Leyte, Masbate Guimaras, and most parts in
Mindanao.With more than 20 million Filipinos (about a quarter of the entire
Philippine population) speaking the language, Cebuano is still the second most
spoken language in the country.The language is home to many dialects and
variations, each region having their own lexical and vocabulary differences (and
sometimes pronunciation and accent) as a result of contact and influence with
another adjacent regional language.Cebuano is the lingua franca in major parts of
Visayas and Mindanao, a preferred common language by the majority rather than
Tagalog.A typical educated Cebuan individual born within the Cebuano speaking
sphere is, by default, trilingual. Apart from the mentioned, he or she still learns
both Tagalog and English (being the official languages in the country) from schools
and universities although are commonly unused and unspoken in the most
normal circumstances. However, there are also some Cebuano speakers in
Mindanao (particularly who come from a different ethnic group) who speak it as a
second language.The language is “hard” in nature and is flexible and versatile.
There are multiple glottal stops one will hear in vowels particularly in the ‘a’, ‘o’,
and ‘i’. It has a more “straight” and “plain” accent compared to the singing
Hiligaynon and elegant Tagalog.
Cebuano, being a Visayan language shares similarities with Tausug, Butuanon,
Surigaonon, and other Mansakan languages which are spoken in Mindanao. It also
has high intelligibility with Hiligaynon and Waray-Waray.

In order to avoid discrimination about how they talk using other languages
because of their accent.Other people make fun of them and threated differently
because of her native language or other characteristics of her language skills.They
may also be the victim of language discrimination if they treated worse than
because of how they speaks Tagalog with an hard accent, or if they told that they
are not qualify to treat equally because of there Tagalog is not good enough.
This are some situation experienced by the bisaya.People say the results of the
recent bar exam smell fishy. People say it’s impossible that no one from those
who placed in the top 10 came from a Luzon-based university. People say that it
has something to do with the president being Bisaya. People say bisaya people
passed because the questions were in bisaya. People say that we must expect a
breed of low quality lawyers from now on.People from the Visayas were always
portrayed in the television as dumb. People treated them ridiculous and can do
nothing more than being a mere house helper. People made fun of our language,
people made fun of our speech. Radio stations use words from our language only
when the intention is to make a joke or say something dirty at least. People say
Bisaya are uneducated people. Some people laughed how they talked because of
their accent.Bisaya had been looked down by the Tagalogs.They laughed how the
bisaya's pronounce the word with 'o' and 'u'.When they see us they immediately
associate us that we are from the mountains and we are uncivilized citizens.
People from Luzon thinks that they're better than bisaya."Inday" "Dodong" in
bisaya means Miss & Mr but "Inday" in Manila means kasambahay and
"Dong/Dodong" means helper. They think in the province of bisaya doesn't have
an electricity. They think that the Bisaya have dark skin or they aren't have a fair
skin because they are from province. They think that if you're a bisaya you don't
have the idea what cities looks like.Some people will treat bisaya as a slave.

There is a large volume of research reports on preventing biases against people

based on their skin color, ethnicity, or gender. However, accent related biases
appear to be more acceptable and less opposed than racial, religious or gender
discrimination, even though globally accent-bias is a widely acknowledged form of
discrimination.
We need much more awareness of accent bias in the workplace and every day
life, and this can only be done through active intervention and bias training and
management. We should focus on our strengths. Focusing in our core values,
beliefs and perceived strengths can motivate us to succeed, and may even buffer
the negative effects of bias. Overcoming hardship can also make us more resilient
and better able to face future challenges.Don’t dwell. When you’ve experienced
discrimination, it can be really hard to just shake it off. People often get stuck on
episodes of discrimination, in part because they’re not sure how to handle those
experiences. You might want to speak out or complain, but you’re not sure how
to go about it, or are afraid of the backlash. So instead, you end up ruminating, or
thinking over and over about what you should have done.Help yourself think
clearly. Being the target of discrimination can stir up a lot of strong emotions
including anger, sadness and embarrassment. Such experiences often trigger a
physiological response, too; they can increase your blood pressure, heart rate and
body temperature.Get involved. Support doesn’t have to come from people in
your family or circle of friends. You can get involved with like-minded groups and
organizations, whether locally or online. It can help to know there are other
people who have had similar experiences to yours. And connecting with those
people might help you figure out how to address situations and respond to
experiences of discrimination in ways you haven’t thought of. 
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https://www.apa.org/topics/discrimination
https://speakcebuano.wordpress.com

PREPARED BY:
Nadine E. Sereñina
Arabella T. Dordas
Krystel Anne S. Sereñina
Kaye S. Janeo
Jude J. Rivera