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Languages of the Philippines

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Tagalog
Austronesian language; native language of the Tagalog ethnic group
Southern Min
branch of the Min Chinese language
Chavacano
Chavacano or Chabacano () is a group of Spanish-based creole language varieties spoken in the Philippines. The variety spoken in Zamboanga City, located in the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao, has the highest concentration of speakers. Other currently existing varieties are found in Cavite City and Ternate, located in the Cavite province on the island of Luzon. Chavacano is the only Spanish-based creole in Asia. The 2020 Census of Population and Housing counted 106,000 households generally speaking Chavacano.
Philippine
language family
Bikol
group of languages of the Philippines
languages of the Philippines
languages of a geographic region
Maranao
Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines
Philippine English
variety of English as is written and spoken in the Philippines
Spanish language in the Philippines
historical and sociological aspects of the Spanish language in the Philippines
Sama–Bajaw
language family
Yakan
language
Rinconada Bikol
Bikol language spoken in Camarines Sur, Bicol Region
Molbog
Austronesian language
Sangirese
language
Greater Central Philippine
language family
Philippine Hokkien
dialect of Hokkien
Philippine Spanish
variety of Spanish spoken and native to the Philippines
Sama
Sama-Bajau language native to the Sama people
Filipino Sign Language
sign language used in the Philippines
Hokaglish
Hokaglish (; ; Tâi-lô: sann-lām-tsham-uē; ), formally known as Philippine Hybrid Hokkien, is a spoken language formed from contact primarily from Philippine Hokkien, Tagalog and Philippine English, with some influence from Philippine Spanish, Cantonese, and other local peripheral languages.
Proto-Philippine
Reconstructed ancestor of the Philippine languages
Old Tagalog
earliest form of Tagalog spoken during the pre-colonial times in what is now Central and Southern Luzon
Philippine Negrito languages
languages of the Negrito peoples of the Philippines
Buwan ng Wika
month-long observance dedicated to Philippine languages