Also known as: 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.
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Cebuano is a dialect of the Cebuano language.
Cebuano is primarily spoken in Philippines.
Cebuano is part of the Southeast Asia region on DialectAtlas.
Yes — Cebuano is also referred to as Bisaya, Binisayâ.
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A Spanish-based creole language of the Philippines, with its strongest living community in Zamboanga City and related varieties historically spoken in Cavite, Ternate, and Cotabato. It preserves much Spanish vocabulary while using a Philippine grammatical frame shaped by local languages.
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The Tagalog of Batangas province, often cited as more conservative than Manila Tagalog. Preserves several older verb forms and a distinctive intonation.
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The Manila-area variety that forms the basis of Filipino, the national language of the Philippines. Heavily mixed with English in everyday speech (Taglish).
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The Tagalog of Bulacan province, just north of Manila. Historically influential as a literary variety in the development of modern Filipino.
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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.
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The Malay variety of Brunei. A vernacular distinct from both Bahasa Malaysia and Indonesian, used as the everyday spoken standard alongside formal Bahasa Melayu.