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2 days ago · It is the second-most widely spoken language in the Visayas and belongs to the Bisayan languages, and it is more distantly related to other Philippine languages. It also has one of the largest native language-speaking populations of the Philippines, despite it not being taught and studied formally in schools and universities until 2012.
- 7.8 million (2010), 9.1 million total speakers, 4th most spoken native language in the Philippines
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Apr 13, 2024 · Cebuano language, member of the Western, or Indonesian, branch of the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family. It was spoken in the early 21st century by roughly 18.5 million people in the Philippines (speakers are spread over eastern Negros, Cebu, Bohol, western Leyte, the Camotes
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2 days ago · Baybayin ( ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔, [a] Tagalog pronunciation: [bajˈbajɪn]; also formerly known as alibata) is a Philippine script. The script is an abugida belonging to the family of the Brahmic scripts. Geographically, it was widely used in Luzon and other parts of the Philippines prior to and during the 16th and 17th centuries before ...
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4 days ago · What language is closest to Cebuano? Cebuano is closely related to the languages of Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) and Waray-Waray. Are Bisaya and Tagalog the same? No, Bisaya and Tagalog are not the same. Tagalog is the national language of the Philippines, while Bisaya refers to the Visayan languages spoken in the Visayas and Mindanao regions.
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Apr 21, 2024 · The densely populated Visayan island group constitutes an ethnolinguistic region defined by the dominance of the three major Visayan languages: Cebuano (which is the mother tongue of about one-fifth of the Philippines’ population), Hiligaynon, and Waray-Waray. Cebuano speakers live mainly on Cebu, Bohol, eastern Negros, and western Leyte.
Cebuano (/ s ɛ ˈ b w ɑː n oʊ / seb-WAH-noh), colloquially referred to by its speakers simply as Bisaya or Binisaya (both translated into English as Visayan, though this should not be confused with other Bisayan languages) [2] and sometimes referred to in English sources as Cebuan (/ s ɛ ˈ b uː ən / seb-OO-ən), is an Austronesian language spoken in the southern Philippines.
