Language
A native Barobohanon speaks Kamayo, a minor language spoken in the area of Barobo and also in Bislig City, San Agustin and Marihatag, Surigao del Sur, in the Southern Philippines. It has 7,565 speakers (2000, WCD). The dialect known as "kamayo" varies from one municipality to another — Lingiganons are quite different from other municipalities on the way they speak the Kamayo language.
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