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   What language does Cebuano speak?

   • 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 of Visayan (Bisayan) peoples.

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   Why are Tagalog and Cebuano different languages?

   • 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.

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   What languages are spoken in Cebu?

   • The most important languages in the central division are Tagalog (a standardized form of which, Pilipino, is the official national language) and Cebuano. The most important in the northern division is Ilocano.

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   Is Cebuano a lingua franca?

   • Cebuano is the lingua franca of Central Visayas, the western parts of Eastern Visayas, some western parts of Palawan and most parts of Mindanao. The name Cebuano is derived from the island of Cebu, which is the source of Standard Cebuano. Cebuano is also the primary language in Western Leyte—noticeably in Ormoc.

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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.

   • Native speakers: 22 million (2010)

   • Native to: Philippines

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   The most important languages in the central division are Tagalog (a standardized form of which, Pilipino, is the official national language) and Cebuano. The most important in the northern division is Ilocano.

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4. www.britannica.com › topic › Cebuano-languageCebuano language | Visayan, Philippine, Austronesian

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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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   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.

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7. www.tagaloglang.com › philippines › languageLanguages of the Philippines: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano...

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   CEBUANO. Cebu is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas, and consisting of a main island and 167 surrounding islands and islets. The people and language of the region are called Cebuano. Continue reading. PHILIPPINE LANGUAGES Cebuano Visayan. HILIGAYNON.

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   Cebuano is an Austronesian language spoken in the southern Philippines. It is natively, though informally, called by its generic term Bisayâ or Binisayâ and sometimes referred to in English sources as Cebuan.

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   It is spoken in the Philippines, mainly in the Central Visayas by the Bisaya people, and is also in northeastern parts of Negros Occidental province, in southern parts of Masbate, in most of Leyte and Southern Leyte, in western portions of Guimaras, in parts of Samar, Bohol, Luzon, the Biliran islands, and in most parts of Mindanao.