Central Philippine languages
- Central Philippine languages
Infobox Language family
name=Central Philippine
region=Philippines
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
fam3=Borneo-Philippines
child1=Ata
Ayta, Sorsogon
Ayta, Tayabas
Bikol
Karolanos
Magahat
Mamanwa
Mansakan
Sulod
Tagalog
Visayan
The Central Philippine languages are spoken in the Philippines.
These languages have the most speakers and are the most geographically widespread of all the languages in the Philippines, being spoken in southern Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, and Sulu.
They include Tagalog, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Bikol, Waray-Waray, Kinaray-a, Tausug, and many others.
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