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While Tagalog has the largest number of native speakers among the languages of the Philippines today, Cebuano had the largest native-language-speaking population in the Philippines from the 1950s until about the 1980s. [failed verification] It is by far the most widely spoken of the Bisayan languages.
Cebuano, the second largest ethnolinguistic group (after Tagalog) in the Philippines, numbering roughly 16.5 million in the second decade of the 21st century. They speak an Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language and are sometimes grouped with the Hiligaynon and Waray-Waray under the generic name.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 13, 2024 · Cebuano is closely related to the languages of the Hiligaynon (Ilongo) and Waray-Waray, and it is sometimes grouped with those languages as a dialect of Visayan (Bisayan). Cebuano speakers constitute about one-fifth of the population of the Philippines and are the second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 10, 2016 · Cebuano is cited as home language by 26.7 percent. It is the home language of most people in Davao, presumably including President Duterte himself. Hiligaynon is cited as home language by 9.5 percent. So the three languages account for what three-fourths of the people use in their speech at home.
- Mahar Mangahas
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Tagalog and Cebuano are the most commonly spoken native languages, together comprising about half of the population of the Philippines. Filipino and English are the only official languages and are taught in schools. This, among other reasons, has resulted in a rivalry between the Tagalog and Cebuano language groups.
The Bisayan language with the most speakers is Cebuano, spoken by 20 million people as a native language in Central Visayas, parts of Eastern Visayas, and most of Mindanao.
With approximately 21,000,000 speakers, Cebuano is the most widely spoken Bisayan language. The term Cebuano is derived from the Latinate calque, “Cebu” plus “-ano.” Though most native speakers refer to Cebuano as Bisaya, it should be noted that many Bisayan languages are not interchangeable and are not mutually intelligible.
