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Waray phrases with English translations

380 entries across 24 categories, compiled from published references rather than generated by the tool above. This set is compiled from general reference and is awaiting confirmation from native speakers, which is why each entry carries a pending-review marker.

WarayEnglish
Maupay nga agaGood morning
Maupay nga kulopGood afternoon
Maupay nga gab-iGood evening
Maupay nga adlawGood day
Kumusta ka?How are you?
Maupay manI'm fine
Pag-ihaGoodbye
SalamatThank you
Damo nga salamatThank you very much
Waray sapayanYou're welcome
All 380 phrases

How Waray and English differ

Waray is an Austronesian language of the Central Philippine group, spoken mainly in Samar, Eastern Samar, Northern Samar. English is Indo-European. The two share no ancestry at all, and what they do share is three centuries of contact: English is co-official in the Philippines, so Waray carries a thick layer of English borrowings on top of an older Spanish one.

There is no question of mutual intelligibility here — the languages are unrelated. What matters instead is that English is the pivot: this translator, like most, routes Waray through English internally. That makes Waray↔English the strongest direction available for this language, and it is why translating Waray into another Philippine language is measurably worse than translating it into English.

Waray runs a systematic s→h shift against its Bisayan neighbours — sin-o becomes hin-o, sarili becomes kalugaringon — which is the quickest way to tell written Waray from Hiligaynon.

Machine translation across Philippine languages fails in patterns rather than at random. We wrote up what those patterns are and why they happen, measured against Ilocano.

How accurate is it?

Waray to English is the best-supported kind of direction this tool offers, because English is what the engine pivots through. That does not make it reliable — it makes it the least unreliable option for this language.

We ran all 287 translatable entries in this phrasebook through the translator above and compared each against the human-written English. It matched or came close 59.2% of the time.

The reverse direction is not equivalent. Waray → English scored 59.2% and English → Waray scored 54.7% — a gap of 4.5 points on the same phrase set, so this direction is the one to trust more.

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Common questions

Is Waray the same as English?
Waray is an Austronesian language of the Central Philippine group, spoken mainly in Samar, Eastern Samar, Northern Samar. English is Indo-European. The two share no ancestry at all, and what they do share is three centuries of contact: English is co-official in the Philippines, so Waray carries a thick layer of English borrowings on top of an older Spanish one.
Can a Waray speaker understand English?
There is no question of mutual intelligibility here — the languages are unrelated. What matters instead is that English is the pivot: this translator, like most, routes Waray through English internally. That makes Waray↔English the strongest direction available for this language, and it is why translating Waray into another Philippine language is measurably worse than translating it into English.
How accurate is Waray to English translation?
We measured it rather than guessing. Running all 287 translatable entries in our Waray–English phrasebook through this tool, the machine output matched or closely matched the human-written English 59.2% of the time. It is weakest on everyday verbs (0%) and strongest on months (100%). The direction matters too: English → Waray scored 54.7%, a gap of 4.5 points. Treat it as a helpful draft, not a finished translation.
How many people speak Waray?
Waray is spoken mainly in Samar, Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, Leyte (east). The 2020 census reports ethnicity rather than a separate speaker count for it, so we do not publish a speaker figure we cannot source. Figures elsewhere claiming far larger totals for these languages are generally not supported by census data.
Can I translate English to Waray as well?
Yes — use the English to Waray page, or press the swap button above the text box. We measured both: Waray → English scored 59.2% and English → Waray scored 54.7%. That is a real gap, so this direction is the more reliable of the two.
Is it free, and are there limits?
It is free with no account required. A single translation is capped at 5,000 characters, and there is a rate limit to keep the service available for everyone. There is no limit on how many translations you can do overall.

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Who maintains this

Compiled and maintained by John Smith. Last checked .

I compile Philippine-language phrase data from published references, check it against multiple sources, and measure the machine translation on this site rather than making claims about it. I am not a linguist. Entries I have not been able to confirm are marked as pending review rather than presented as verified.

No native Waray speaker has reviewed this data yet. 380 phrasebook entries are marked pending review. See the phrasebook and its sources.

Translations are produced by a general-purpose machine translation engine and are not a substitute for a professional translator.