Masbateño is a Bicol-Visayan language spoken by more than 600,000 people, primarily in the province of Masbate in the Philippines. It is close to Capiznon variant of Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) and Waray-Waray, both spoken on Visayas. It is considered a Bisakol language, meaning a language intermediate between Visayan and Bikol languages.