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Major Austronesian languages include Cebuano, Tagalog, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Bicol, Waray-Waray, Kapampangan, and Pangasinan of the Philippines; Malay, Javanese, Sundanese, Madurese, Minangkabau, the Batak languages, Acehnese, Balinese, and Buginese of western Indonesia; and Malagasy of Madagascar. Each of these languages has more than one ...
There are more than 170 known languages in the Philippines including Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon (Ilonggo), Ilocano, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Tagalog, and Waray. All of these languages, with the exception of Spanish-based creole language Chavacano, belong to the Austronesian language family.
Aug 16, 2022 · Scientists all agree that people speaking Austronesian languages started out from Taiwan and settled the Philippines around 4,000 years ago. They used sails as early as 2,000 years ago....
- Victoria Chen
Tagalog ( Filipino) (47 million native, ~100 million total) Indonesian (42 million native, ~270 million total) Sundanese (42 million) Malay (30 million) Cebuano (22 million native, ~30 million total) Malagasy (17 million) Madurese (14 million) Batak (8.5 million, all dialects) Ilokano (8 million native, ~10 million total)
LanguageSpeakersNative NameOfficial Status639,210Na Vosa Vakaviti100,000,000 (L1 & L2) 20,000,000 (L1) ...Wikang Filipino120,000Taetae ni Kiribati120,000 (L2)Hiri MotuVery broadly, one can divide the Austronesian languages into three groups: Philippine-type languages, Indonesian-type languages and post-Indonesian type languages: The first group includes, besides the languages of the Philippines , the Austronesian languages of Taiwan, Sabah, North Sulawesi and Madagascar.