Philippine Austronesian languages

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Philippine Austronesian languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken throughout the Philippines and nearby regions, encompassing numerous related languages and dialects.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian languages subgroup
language subgroup
estimatedNumberOfLanguages over 150
geneticRelation Formosan languages (distantly related)
Malayo-Polynesian languages
hasLinguisticFeature complex pronominal systems
frequent use of aspect and mood marking on verbs
preposed clitic pronouns in many languages
hasMember Alangan
Bajaw languages
Batak (Palawan)
Bikol language
surface form: Bikol

Balangao Bontok
surface form: Bontok

Cebuano language
surface form: Cebuano

Hoava
surface form: Hanunó'o

Hiligaynon language
surface form: Hiligaynon

Ibanag
Ifugao languages
Ilocano language
surface form: Ilocano

Iraya
Itawit
Ivatan people
surface form: Ivatan

Kankanaey
Kapampangan
Kinaray-a
Maguindanaon
Maranao
Masbateño
Palawano languages
Pangasinan
Romblomanon
Sama languages
Surigaonon
Tadyawan
Tagalog
Tausug
Waray of Samar
surface form: Waray-Waray

Yami (Tao)
hasSubgroup Greater Central Philippine languages
surface form: Central Philippine languages

Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
Mangyan languages
surface form: Mindoro languages

Northern Luzon languages
surface form: Northern Philippine languages

Palawanic languages
Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup
surface form: Sama–Bajaw languages

Southern Philippine languages
historicallyUsedWritingSystem Baybayin and related indigenous scripts
majorLanguageBySpeakers Cebuano language
surface form: Cebuano

Hiligaynon language
surface form: Hiligaynon

Ilocano language
surface form: Ilocano

Tagalog
Waray of Samar
surface form: Waray-Waray
partOf Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian language family
primaryRegion Maritime Southeast Asia
researchField Austronesian linguistics
spokenIn Central Luzon
Mariana Islands
surface form: Marianas Islands

Mindanao
northern Borneo
surface form: Northern Borneo

Northern Luzon
Palawan
Philippines
Southern Luzon
Celebes
surface form: Sulawesi

southern Taiwan
surface form: Taiwan (southern coastal communities)

Visayas
typologicallyCharacterizedBy Austronesian alignment
extensive verbal affixation
focus-based morphosyntax
frequent reduplication
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first-person plural pronouns
predominantly verb-initial word order
rich voice system
usedAsNationalLanguageBaseFor Tagalog
surface form: Filipino
writingSystemUsed Latin script

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Southern Luzon languages partOf Philippine Austronesian languages
Cordilleran languages partOf Philippine Austronesian languages
this entity surface form: Philippine subgroup of Austronesian