Greater Central Philippine languages

Greater Central Philippine
Greater Central Philippine
Native to	Central & Southern Luzon & Central Visayas
Region	Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Bicol Region & Central Visayas
Native speakers	Tagalog, Bicolanos, Cebuano (majority languages)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Kapampangan Filipino (Philippine national language) Visayan (mostly in Visayas) Greater Central Philippine; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (Abakada or Filipino alphabet);; Historically Baybayin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

The Greater Central Philippine languages are the Tagalog, Bicolano and the Cebuano "Bisaya" speakers are mostly native in southern Luzon regions including Central Visayas, Either the Central and northern Luzon is locally are Kapampangans and Ilocanos.^[1]

Languages/dialects in regions

Metro Manila (NCR)
- Filipino (Manila dialect, modern and simplified)
- Taglish (Simplified)

Calabarzon & Mimaropa (Region IV-A & IV-B)
- Tanay–Paete Tagalog (Rizal & Laguna)
- Batangas Tagalog (Batangas, Cavite, Calamba & Oriental Mindoro)
- Tayabas Tagalog (Quezon)
- Romblomanon (Romblon)
- Asi (Romblon)
- Onhan (Romblon)
- Southern Mindoro (Southern Mangyan) languages (Mindoro)
- Cuyonon (Palawan)
- Palawanic languages (Palawan)

Central Luzon
- Bulacan Tagalog (Bulacan & Nueva Ecija)
- Tayabas Tagalog (Aurora)

Bicol Region (Region V)
- Bicol (mainland Bicol)
- Masbateño (Masbate)
- Tayabas Tagalog (Camarines Norte)

Western Visayas (Region VI)
- Akeanon (Aklan)
- Kinaray-a (Antique)
- Capiznon (Capiz)
- Hiligaynon (Iloilo, Guimaras, Metro Bacolod, Negros Occ.)

Central Visayas (Region VII)
- Standard Cebuano (Cebu)
- Negros Cebuano (Negros Oriental)
- Boholano Cebuano (Bohol)

Mindanao (Region IX, X, XI, XII, XIII)
- Mindanao Cebuano (Zamboanga Peninsula, Misamis provinces, Caraga, Soccsksargen, Davao Region)
- Mindanao Hiligaynon (Bukidnon, Cotabato, South Cotabato & Sultan Kudarat)
- Mansakan languages (Caraga and Davao Region)
- Butuanon (Agusan provinces)
- Surigaonon (Surigao provinces)