The Philippines is home to between 120 and 187 languages, including a wide range of native languages mainly from the Malayo-Polynesian language family group. Most of these languages belongs to Austronesian family that include Cebuano, Tagalog, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Waray-waray, Malay, Kapampangan and Pangasinan of the Philippines. Austronesian began a millenia-long expansion into the Pacific from Taiwan. They carried their knowledge of navigation and farming more than halfway around the world. They expanded through the Philippines and Indonesia all the way to Hawaii in the east Madagascar in the west. Tagalog and Cebuano are the most commonly spoken native languages, together comprising about half of the population of the Philippines.
The Karay-a language, or Kinaray-a, is an Austronesian regional language spoken by the Karay-a people, mainly in Antique in the Philippines, Iloilo and other provinces on the island of Panay, as well as portions of the Soccsksargen region in Mindanao.Central Bikol commonly called Bikol Naga, also known simply as Bikol, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bicolanos, primarily in the Bicol Region of southern Luzon, Philippines. From these 10 languages there are 7 languages that belongs to the 8 major dialects in the Philippines that include Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Bicolano, Waray, Pangasinense/Pangasinan. Filipino is that native language which is used nationally as the language of communication among ethnic groups.