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  2. Central Luzon languages - Wikipedia

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    The Central Luzon languages are a group of languages belonging to the Philippine languages. These are predominantly spoken in the western portions of Central Luzon in the Philippines. One of them, Kapampangan, is the major language of the Pampanga-Mount Pinatubo area. However, despite having three to four million speakers, it is threatened by ...

  3. Bisayan languages - Wikipedia

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    Most Bisayan languages are spoken in the whole Visayas section of the country, but they are also spoken in the southern part of the Bicol Region (particularly in Masbate and Sorsogon where several dialects of Waray are spoken), islands south of Luzon, such as those that make up Romblon, most of the areas of Mindanao and the province of Sulu ...

  4. Gaddang people - Wikipedia

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    A review of Maria Lumicao-Lorca's 1984 book Gaddang Literature states that "documentation and research on minority languages and literature of the Philippines are meager" [219] That understood, however, there does exist a considerable record of Gaddang interest and participation in Luzon-wide colonial traditions, examples being Pandanggo sa ...

  5. History of Luzon - Wikipedia

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    The history of Luzon covers events that happened in the largest island of the Philippine Archipelago, Luzon. Luzon wrested the record of having the oldest man ever discovered in the Philippines with discovery of the Callao Man in 2007, which predated the Tabon Man by around 20,000 years. [ 1 ]

  6. List of Cultural Properties of the Philippines in Central Luzon

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    This list contains an overview of the government recognized Cultural Properties of the Philippines in Central Luzon. The list is based on the official lists provided by the National Commission on Culture and the Arts, National Historical Commission of the Philippines and the National Museum of the Philippines.

  7. Lakan - Wikipedia

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    "Naturales" (natives) depicted in the Boxer Codex, specifically marked and identified as Tagalogs.. In early Philippine history, the rank of lakan denoted a "paramount ruler" (or more specifically, "paramount datu") of one of the large coastal barangays (known as a "bayan") on the central and southern regions of the island of Luzon.

  8. Umiray Dumaget language - Wikipedia

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    Umiray Dumaget is difficult to classify. Himes (2002) posits a Greater Central Philippine connection. [5] However, Lobel (2013) [6]: 230 believes that Umiray Dumaget may be a primary branch of the Philippine languages, or may be related to the Northeastern Luzon languages, Sambali-Ayta (Central Luzon), or Manide and Inagta Alabat.

  9. Luzon - Wikipedia

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    Luzon (/ l uː ˈ z ɒ n / loo-ZON, Tagalog:) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines.Located in the northern portion of the Philippine archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as well as Quezon City, the country's most populous city.