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The Greater Central Philippine languages are a proposed subgroup of the Austronesian language family, defined by the change of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *R to *g. They are spoken in the central and southern parts of the Philippines, eastern and western parts of Sabah, Malaysia and in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. [1]
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 Tausug ...
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Sep 17, 2021 · Maguindanao (Magindanawn) Maguindanao is a member of the Greater Central Philippine branch of the Philippine language family. It is spoken by 1.1 million people, mainly in Maguindanao province in the south of Mindanao island in the Philippines, and also in the provinces of North Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay and Metro Manila.
Central Luzon languages (5 languages, including Sambal and Kapampangan) Northern Mindoro languages (or North Mangyan; 3 languages) Greater Central Philippine languages. Southern Mindoro languages (or South Mangyan; 3 languages) Central Philippine languages (40 languages, including Tagalog, Bikol languages and Visayan languages) Palawan ...
Pages in category "Greater Central Philippine languages" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
ROBERT BLUST. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. A "Central Philippine" or "Meso Philippine" subgroup has been nized by many scholars of Philippine languages, sometimes ponent of a larger "Southern Philippine" group. However, composition of this group and the criteria used to justify it have widely. In this paper I propose that Tagalog, Bikol, the Bisayan.
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 ...
