| Boholano | |
| Nativename: | Cebuano: Bol-anon, Binol-anon, Bisayâ nga Binol-anon, Binisayâ nga Bol-anon |
| Region: | Bohol, Southern Leyte and parts of Northern Mindanao and Caraga Region |
| Speakers: | ? |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Philippine |
| Fam4: | Central Philippine |
| Fam5: | Bisayan |
| Fam6: | Cebuano |
| Isoexception: | dialect |
| Glotto: | boho1237 |
| Glottorefname: | Boholano |
| Notice: | IPA |
| Ietf: | ceb-u-sd-phboh |
Boholano (Cebuano: Binol-anon) is a variant of the Cebuano language spoken in the island province of Bohol in the Visayas and a major portion of Southern Leyte, as well as parts of Mindanao, particularly in Northern Mindanao and Caraga. It is sometimes erroneously described as a separate language[1] even though Binol-anon originated as a dialect continuum of the Cebuano language.
Boholano, especially as spoken in central Bohol, can be distinguished from other Cebuano variants by a few phonetic changes:
The Bohol dialect developed in the region after the Cebuano language arrived there from Cebu. The Cebuano language, descended from Proto-Austronesian (ca. 6000 years ago), originated in the Sugbo heartland[2] and then "has spread from its base in Cebu" to Bohol, thus beginning the Bohol Cebuano dialect.[3]