The
Central Philippine languages are the most geographically widespread demonstrated group of languages in the
Philippines, being spoken in southern
Luzon,
Visayas,
Mindanao, and
Sulu. They are also the most populous, including
Tagalog (and
Filipino),
Bikol, and the major Visayan languages
Cebuano,
Hiligaynon,
Waray-Waray,
Kinaray-a, and
Tausug, with some forty languages altogether.