Cebuano is spoken by the majority of people in Mindanao.

Cebuano is generally the native language in most regions, except for the Muslim areas on the west coast and among the hill tribes.

Furthermore Katsila is also used among those who speak Visayan languages like Cebuano.

One theory is that it may come from the Indonesian word tjakalele., another is that it's a contraction of Kamot Lihok ( Cebuano for hand-body movement ) The multitude of languages spoken in the 7, 107 islands have not only diverged into over 170 dialects, but they have been constantly mixing with one another and as a result, Filipino martial arts comprise a vocabulary of heterogeneous terms.

She is fluent in English, Tagalog, Spanish and several other Philippine languages, most importantly, Kapampangan, Ilokano, and Cebuano.

In the Philippines, tamarind is referred to as sampaloc, which is occasionally rendered as sambalog in Tagalog and sambag in Cebuano.

The main spoken language in the island province is Cebuano.

The former municipalities mentioned use words and intonations from Visayan languages such as Waray-Waray, Cebuano and Ilonggo, and Bisakol is considered a Warayan language like Waray-Waray of Samar and Leyte.

Hiligaynon is spoken in the southwestern Masbate towns of Balud and Mandaon while Cebuano is spoken in the southeastern Masbate towns of Placer, Cataingan, Pio V. Corpuz, and Esperanza.

The main language spoken is Cebuano.

Zamboanga del Sur ( Cebuano: Lalawigan sa Habagatang Zamboanga, Spanish / Zamboangueño / Chavacano: Provincia del Zamboanga del Sur, Tagalog: Timog Zamboanga, Standard Subanen: S ' helatan Sembwangan / Sembwangan dapit Shelatan ) is a province of the Philippines located in the Zamboanga Peninsula region in Mindanao.

The most commonly spoken language is Cebuano.

Negros Oriental ( Cebuano: Sidlakang Negros ), also called Oriental Negros or " Eastern Negros ", is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region.

The primary spoken language is Cebuano, and the predominant religious denomination is Roman Catholicism.

Cebuano ( sometimes known as Visayan ) is the main language of the province, spoken by 95 % of the population.

The region is dominated by the native speakers of Cebuano.

Davaoeño, a variant of Cebuano, is the main and official language of the province, although English and Filipino are widely spoken.

Cebuano is the most common language spoken in Agusan del Sur.

Davao is the Hispanicized pronunciation of daba-daba, the Bagobo word for " fire " ( the Cebuano translation is " kalayo ").

Cebuano, Tagalog, and English are also widely spoken.

Cebuano is also spoken here, and Chavacano de Davao being spoken by the people from Compostela Valley and Davao City.

Ilocano and Cebuano are also spoken in some municipalities.

The major languages spoken are Hiligaynon ( 43 %), Cebuano ( 31 %), Maguindanao ( 16 %), and Ilocano ( 10 %).

Cebuano is spoken in western, central, and southern parts of Leyte and in Southern Leyte.

Cebuano, referred to by most of its speakers as Binisaya ( or Visayan in English ), is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 20 million people mostly in the Central Visayas most of whom belong to the Bisaya ethnic group.

The name Cebuano is derived from the island of Cebu where the prestige dialect is spoken.

Binisaya or Cebuano refers to the language spoken in Cebu, Bohol, Negros Oriental, and some part of Leyte, Samar and Mindanao.

Cebuano is spoken in Cebu, Bohol, Negros Oriental, western parts of Leyte, some parts of Samar, Negros Occidental, Biliran islands, southern region of Masbate island and Mindanao.

The Visayans ( Visayan languages: Bisaya ) are a Filipino ethnic group whose members are speakers of one or more Visayan languages, the most widely spoken being Cebuano, Hiligaynon, and Waray-Waray.

The other dialects of Chavacano which have, primarily, Cebuano as their substrate language are the Mindanao-based creoles of which are Castellano Abakay or Chavacano de Davao ( spoken in some areas of Davao ), this dialect has an influence from Chinese and Japanese, also divided into two sub-dialects namely Castellano Abakay Chino and Castellano Abakay Japon, and Cotabateño ( spoken in Cotabato city ).

Maranao is widely spoken in Marawi City, however, local inhabitants can also speak Tagalog, Cebuano and to some extent, English.

Numerous words, and some grammatical concepts of the Spanish vocabulary, are used in Chavacano, Cebuano, Tagalog, Bicolano, and Ilocano.

The majority of the municipality's inhabitants speak Cebuano, although some inhabitants also speak the Hiligaynon / Ilonggo language and many still speak Binukid ( Manobo language ).

There were some accounts of succeeding great tambalans ( from Cebuano word tambalanan, a. k. a. albularyo, referred to as the local shaman or quack doctors in modern sense ) before World War II that they happened to have an encounter with Inong in the mountains and network of caves in Inopacan that are connected with the caves in Bulacan, Hindang and to the Cuatro Islas.

The Visayan language with the most speakers is Cebuano, spoken by 20 million people as a native language in Central Visayas, parts of Eastern and Western Visayas and most of Mindanao.

The dialect is very similar to the language of Cebuano which is spoken in the rest of Camotes Islands and throughout the province of Cebu, Northern Mindanao and other parts of the Visayas.

Boholano ( Cebuano: Binol-anon ) is a variant of Cebuano spoken in the province of Bohol in the Philippines and eastern parts of Southern Leyte.

< p align = justify > The City of Malaybalay ( Filipino: Lungsod ng Malaybalay ; Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Malaybalay ), dubbed as the " South Summer Capital of the Philippines ", is a first class component city and the capital and administrative center of the province of Bukidnon, Philippines.

GMA revived the program, first in English dub, then in Filipino dub between Tagalog and Cebuano, in 1999.

Calbayog City ( Waray: Syudad san Calbayog, Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Calbayog, Tagalog: Lungsod ng Calbayog ) is a first class city in the province of Samar, Philippines.

The Bantayan dialect is a mixture of native Cebuano, Ilongo ( Negros ), Waray ( Samar ), Masbateño, and Boholano, but it has words it can call its own such as “ kakyop, sara, kag buwas “ ( yesterday, today, and tomorrow ).