Central Philippine languages

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Central Philippine
Geographic
distribution:
Philippines
Genetic
classification
:
Austronesian
 Malayo-Polynesian
  Borneo-Philippines
   Central Philippine
Subdivisions:
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.