Waray (also
Waray-Waray,
Samar-Leyte,
Winaray,
Binisaya nga Winaray,
Samarenyo and
Lineyte-Samarnon) is the fifth-most-spoken native
language of the
Philippines, specific to the provinces of
Samar,
Northern Samar,
Eastern Samar,
Biliran, and in the north-east of
Leyte Island (surrounding
Tacloban). The name comes from the word often heard by non-speakers, "waray" (meaning "none" or "nothing"), in the same way that
Cebuanos are known in Leyte as "mga Kana" (after the oft-heard word "kana", meaning "that", among people speaking the
Cebuano language).