Bisayan

The Tagáls wore black as a sign of mourning; the Bisayans wore white, and shaved the head and eyebrows.

From here pirate and slaving raids upon the Bisayan Islands continued to be made, and nearly every year towns were sacked and burned and several hundred unfortunate captives carried away.

He was versed in the various dialects of the Bisayan Islands.

Up to date about two hundred Bisayan Indians have died, most of them from diseases.

In Tagalog and Bisayan the letter “n” is dropped and the word is pronounced “be-lat′-ic.”