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- Visayan Language, also known as Cebuano, is widely spoken in the Visayan islands, Mindanao, and other parts of the Philippines. It is a member of the Austronesian language family, specifically the Malayo-Polynesian group of languages. Cebuano has approximately 15.8 million speakers, making it the second most spoken language in the Philippines.
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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.
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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.
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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.
The Cebuano group is the second most widespread Filipino ethnolinguistic group after the Tagalogs. 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.”
- Tagalog. It is said that the Austronesian language called Tagalog is spoken by a quarter of the population of Planet Philippines. The standardized form of the language is the official language of the country and has come to be known as Filipino.
- Cebuano. The top 2 spots belong to the most spoken dialects in the archipelago and there has been an endless amount of debate continuing to this day as to who should claim the top spot.
- Ilokano. Another Austronesian language, Ilokano holds the distinction as the 3rd most spoken dialect in Planet Philippines. To date, the province of La Union has officially protected the language passing an ordinance recognizing Ilokano as an official provincial language.
- Hiligaynon. Often referred to as Ilonggo, Hiligaynon is another Austronesian language spoken mostly in the Western region of the Visayas. Although, there has been many opposing views on the use of the term Ilonggo to call the language as Ilonggo should refer to the people of Iloilo.
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.
Cebuano, also known as Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan, is the major language of Visayan islands ( Negros Oriental, Cebu, Bohol), and parts of Mindanao in the Philippines. The name comes from the name of the Philippine island of Cebu + the Spanish suffix – ano meaning ‘native of’.
