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Classification. The Greater Central Philippine subgroup comprises the following microgroups: [1] Central Philippine languages (including Tagalog, Bikol languages, and Bisayan languages) South Mangyan languages. Palawanic languages. Subanen languages. Danao languages (including Maranao and Magindanao) Manobo languages.
cent2246. The Central Philippine languages are the most geographically widespread demonstrated group of languages in the Philippines, being spoken in southern Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, and Sulu. They are also the most populous, including Tagalog (and Filipino ), Bikol, and the major Visayan languages Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Kinaray-a, and ...
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Except for English, Spanish, Chavacano and varieties of Chinese ( Hokkien, Cantonese and Mandarin ), all of the languages belong to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. The following are the four Philippine languages with more than five million native speakers: [44] Tagalog. Cebuano.
Filipino ( English: / ˌfɪlɪˈpiːnoʊ / ⓘ, FIH-lih-PEE-noh; [1] Wikang Filipino, [ˈwi.kɐŋ fi.liˈpi.no̞]) is a language under the Austronesian language family. It is the national language ( Wikang pambansa / Pambansang wika) of the Philippines, and one of the two official languages ( Wikang opisyal / Opisyal na wika) of the country ...
Central Philippine languages (40 languages, including Tagalog, Bikol languages and Visayan languages) Palawan languages (3 languages) Subanen languages (6 languages; sometimes considered one dialect cluster)
Central Philippine languages. Ata language (Negros) Bikol languages. Bisayan languages. Inagta Alabat language. Karolanos language. Magahat language. Manide language. Mansakan languages. Tagalog language. Category: Greater Central Philippine languages.
Filipino is regulated by Commission on the Filipino Language and serves as a lingua franca used by Filipinos of various ethnolinguistic backgrounds. There are some 130 to 195 languages spoken in the Philippines, depending on the method of classification.
