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Hiligaynon to English (vice versa)

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“Long before the 1600s, the fertility of the Western Visayas region in the Philippines permitted the Hiligaynon people to develop one of the archipelago's most advanced societies. They engaged in international trade (as evidenced by large finds of Chinese porcelain) and created fine work in gold and semiprecious stones.”
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Austronesian, diverse, influences.

Largely Austronesian at its core, Hiligaynon culture today nevertheless carries with it elements of Negrito, Indic, Hàn Chinese and Castilian culture.

Assimilated, Lumad, Moro traditions.

Hiligaynon settlers in Mindanao may have also assimilated Lumad and Moro traditions to varying degrees, and vice versa (e.g., the use of the Hiligaynon-language Toto as a nickname by non-Hiligaynons).