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Waray to Hiligaynon Translation

Translate Waray to Hiligaynon instantly, then check the result against a 380-entry phrasebook compiled by hand rather than generated by the tool.

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Waray phrases with Hiligaynon 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.

WarayHiligaynonEnglish
Maupay nga agaMaayong agaGood morning
Maupay nga kulopMaayong haponGood afternoon
Maupay nga gab-iMaayong gab-iGood evening
Maupay nga adlawMaayong adlawGood day
Kumusta ka?Kamusta ka?How are you?
Maupay manMaayo manI'm fine
Pag-ihaHalongGoodbye
SalamatSalamatThank you
Damo nga salamatMadamo gid nga salamatThank you very much
Waray sapayanWala sang anumanYou're welcome
All 380 phrases

How Waray and Hiligaynon differ

Waray and Hiligaynon are both Bisayan languages within the Central Philippine group — the closest relationship any two languages on this site have. They share grammar, sentence structure and a large part of their core vocabulary, and where they differ they usually differ predictably.

Partly, and less than the geography suggests. Both are Bisayan, but Hiligaynon sits in the Western group and Waray in the Eastern, and the everyday words diverge exactly where it matters. The sharpest trap is diri: in Hiligaynon it means 'here', in Waray it means 'not'. A sentence can parse cleanly and mean the opposite of what was intended.

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. Hiligaynon — Ilonggo to its speakers — is the Western Bisayan language of Panay and Negros Occidental, and is close enough to Cebuano that the two are routinely mistaken for one language.

Words that exist in both languages and mean different things

These are where confident readers get caught, and where the translator above is least reliable — a word it does not recognise is passed through unchanged, which can land in the other language as a real word with an unrelated meaning.

  • diri

    Waray: Not, no.

    Hiligaynon: Here.

  • balaod

    Waray: Law; a rule, act, edict or ordinance.

    Hiligaynon: Dysentery — written balaód, with the stress on the final syllable.

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?

Neither Waray nor Hiligaynon is a well-resourced language, and there is very little direct training data between them. The engine translates through English internally, so every result here is two translations stacked on top of each other, and the errors of the first are carried into the second.

We ran all 287 translatable entries in this phrasebook through the translator above and compared each against the human-written Hiligaynon. It matched or came close 49.5% of the time.

The reverse direction is not equivalent. Waray → Hiligaynon scored 49.5% and Hiligaynon → Waray scored 57.8% — a gap of 8.3 points on the same phrase set, so the other direction is the one to trust more.

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Common questions

Is Waray the same as Hiligaynon?
Waray and Hiligaynon are both Bisayan languages within the Central Philippine group — the closest relationship any two languages on this site have. They share grammar, sentence structure and a large part of their core vocabulary, and where they differ they usually differ predictably.
Can a Waray speaker understand Hiligaynon?
Partly, and less than the geography suggests. Both are Bisayan, but Hiligaynon sits in the Western group and Waray in the Eastern, and the everyday words diverge exactly where it matters. The sharpest trap is diri: in Hiligaynon it means 'here', in Waray it means 'not'. A sentence can parse cleanly and mean the opposite of what was intended.
How accurate is Waray to Hiligaynon translation?
We measured it rather than guessing. Running all 287 translatable entries in our Waray–Hiligaynon phrasebook through this tool, the machine output matched or closely matched the human-written Hiligaynon 49.5% of the time. It is weakest on greetings (0%) and strongest on drinks (78%). The direction matters too: Hiligaynon → Waray scored 57.8%, a gap of 8.3 points. Treat it as a helpful draft, not a finished translation.
Why did the translation come back exactly the same as what I typed?
Usually because the engine did not recognise the word and echoed your input rather than failing visibly. But check before assuming it is broken: 192 of the entries in our Waray–Hiligaynon phrase data are genuinely spelled the same in both languages, including Salamat (thank you), Nalipay ako nga makilala ka (nice to meet you), Ano ini? (what is this?), Duha (two). Unchanged output is not automatically wrong for this pair.
Which Waray words mean something different in Hiligaynon?
diri — Not, no in Waray, here in Hiligaynon; balaod — Law; a rule, act, edict or ordinance in Waray, dysentery — written balaód, with the stress on the final syllable in Hiligaynon. We document 2 of these for this pair. They are where the translator is least reliable, because a word it does not recognise is passed through unchanged and can land in the other language as a real word with an unrelated meaning.
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 Hiligaynon to Waray as well?
Yes — use the Hiligaynon to Waray page, or press the swap button above the text box. We measured both: Waray → Hiligaynon scored 49.5% and Hiligaynon → Waray scored 57.8%. That is a real gap, so the reverse direction is actually 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.