Negrense

The Negrenses, alternatively called Negrosanons locally, are people born and are residents of Negros Island Region. Years of migration in Negros Island have created a mix of people and languages, with the western shore comprising Negros Occidental and Bacolod City having a Hiligaynon-speaking majority, while the eastern shore comprised Negros Oriental, having a Cebuano-speaking majority. The native Buglas Bukidnon and Aeta peoples, with their interactions and intermarriage with recent migrants from Antique and Iloilo, speaking a variant of Kinaray-a. The general area of Metro Bacolod and is noted to speak a dialect of Hiligaynon called Bacolodnon.