Standard Cebuano | |
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Binisayâ, Sinugboanon | |
Native to | Philippines |
Region | Central Visayas, eastern Negros Occidental, western parts of Eastern Visayas, and most parts of Mindanao |
Ethnicity | Visayans (Bisaya) |
Native speakers | 28.9 million (2020)[1] |
Austronesian
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Dialects |
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Latin (Cebuano alphabet) Philippine Braille Historically Badlit | |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | Regional language in the Philippines. |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | ceb |
ISO 639-3 | ceb |
Cebuano-speaking area in the Philippines |
Cebuano (also referred to as Bisaya) is one of the main languages spoken in the Philippines. More than 28 million people speak this language. Cebuano is a member of the "Visayan language family".
While Tagalog has more speakers than any other language in the Philippines today, Cebuano was the most widely spoken language in the Philippines from the 1950s until the 1980s. Cebuano is by far the most widely spoken of the "Visayan languages".
It is the most spoken language by many people in the Central Visayas, western parts of the Eastern Visayas, some western parts of Palawan and most parts of Mindanao. Cebuano is one of the three main Visayan languages, along with Waray, Hiligaynon and Davaoeño, which are more closely related to it.