21ST CENTURY LIT. LESSON 7 WESTERN VISAYAS LIT.

Western Visayas also known as Region

VI, is composed of the provinces

• Negros Occidental,

• Iloilo,Guimaras,

• Antique,Aklan,

• Capiz,

• Masbate

the primary

sources of income of the people of

Region VI

• Fishing and Factory

• Farming and Tourism

• Farming and fishing

• Fishing and Selling Goods

are highly urbanized cities

while the rest are rural.

• Bacolod City

• Negros Occidental,

• Iloilo City

• Antique,

mother language of the

Western Visayas and is spoken by the Ilonggos in

the central and southern towns of Iloilo, all

provinces of Antique, most of Capiz, and even

South Cotabato, where many Western Visayas

people have migrated

LANGUAGES

• Cebuano or Sugbuanon

• Hiligaynon

• Kinaray-a or Hiraya

• Aklanon

Though it is the lingua

franca of Central Visayas, it is

spoken in the northern towns of Negros Occidental

which face Tañon Strait towards Cebu

• Cebuano or Sugbuanon

• Hiligaynon

• Kinaray-a or Hiraya

• Aklanon

lingua franca of the Ilonggos in the

Western Visayas

• Cebuano or Sugbuanon

• Hiligaynon

• Kinaray-a or Hiraya

• Aklanon

language spoken in Aklan, which was

also derived from Kinaray-a just like Hiligaynon

• Cebuano or Sugbuanon

• Hiligaynon

• Kinaray-a or Hiraya

• Aklanon

main inhabitants of Aklan

• Aklananon

• Negrito

• Sulod

• Capiznon

• Hiligaynon

tribal group that resides in the

hinterlands of Panay

• Aklananon

• Negrito

• Sulod

• Capiznon

• Hiligaynon

locally known as Ati

• Aklananon

• Negrito

• Sulod

• Capiznon

• Hiligaynon