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• 87 MAJOR DIALECTS
  
  
• 7,107 ISLANDS
  
  
• PILIPINO OR TAGALOG - NATIONAL LANGUAGE (TAGLISH, A HYBRID OF TAGALOG AND ENGLISH IS COMMON)
  
  
• CEBUANO OR VISAYAN – MAJOR DIALECT OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN REGION (MORE SPANISH VOCABULARY)
  
  
• ILOCANO – 2^nd MAJOR DIALECT IN THE NORTHERN REGION
  
  
• ENGLISH – MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION
  
  
• SPANISH, ARABIC, AND CHINESE SPOKEN BY A SMALL MAJORITY