Philippines

Manila Tagalog

also: Filipino, Standard Tagalog

The Manila-area variety that forms the basis of Filipino, the national language of the Philippines. Heavily mixed with English in everyday speech (Taglish).

Batangas Tagalog

also: Batangueño

The Tagalog of Batangas province, often cited as more conservative than Manila Tagalog. Preserves several older verb forms and a distinctive intonation.

Bulacan Tagalog

The Tagalog of Bulacan province, just north of Manila. Historically influential as a literary variety in the development of modern Filipino.

Cebuano

also: Bisaya, Binisayâ

A Visayan Austronesian language of the central and southern Philippines. The most widely-spoken language of the Visayas and Mindanao, often counted as the largest Philippine language by L1 speakers.

Ilocano

also: Iloko, Ilokano

An Austronesian language of north-western Luzon, the third most-spoken language of the Philippines. Used widely as a regional lingua franca across northern Luzon.