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Languages.

Being in the Bicol Region, the main language spoken in Camarines Sur are Coastal Bikol and Inland Bikol.

A dialect of Coastal Bikol, called Bikol Partido is used in the eastern portion of the province around Lagonoy Gulf.

Filipino linguists consider the dialect of Coastal Bikol called Bikol Central spoken around Naga City as the standard Bikol easily understood by all Bicolanos.

The variant of Bikol Central dialect spoken in Canaman, Camarines Sur is said to be the purest form of Coastal Bikol according to Jesuit Anthropologist Frank Lynch, S. J .).

The other important Bikol language spoken in the province is Riŋkonāda also known as Rinconada Bikol ( under the umbrella of Inland Bikol group of languages ), which is used by most people in Rinconada District of the province especially in Nabua, Iriga City and people of Rinconada in diaspora.

Buhi-non ( a language of Albay Bikol another member of Inland Bikol ), is a minority language spoken in the town of Buhi and around Lake Buhi.

Del Gallego ( formerly Danawin, until 1937 ) is the only town in the province that has a majority of population that speaks Tagalog.

Most inhabitants of Camarines Sur understand Tagalog and English.