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| Cebuano people |
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| Total population |
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Official population numbers are unknown. |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Philippines (Central Visayas) |
| Languages |
| Cebuano, English, Spanish, Tagalog, Chinese, and other languages. |
| Religion |
| Christianity (predominantly Roman Catholic and Protestants); and other religion. |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Austronesian people, and Filipino people. |
The Cebuano people are the inhabitants of Cebu. The Cebuano people are the largest subset of the Visayan ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines.
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The Cebuano language is spoken by about 20 million people in the Philippine Islands.1 Most speakers are found in the Central Visayas, and some parts of Mindanao islands.
Other languages spoken, includes English, Tagalog, Spanish, Chinese, and other languages.
Cebuano people are an Austronesian (Malayo Polynesian) ethnic group, some individuals have Spanish, Chinese, and other foreign ancestries; as well as ancestries from other Philippine ethnolinguistic groups.
Much of the Cebuano culture has been influenced by Spanish culture, and native Philippine traditions. The majority of its people belong to the Roman Catholic religion. There are also individuals, and followers of Buddism, Hinduism, and Islam.
Taiwanese aborigines from southern Taiwan, and Negritos from Melanesia began arriving in the Philippine Islands around 30,000 to 6,000 years ago. These people settled throughout the islands, and migrated into the Malay Archipelago, the Polynesian islands, and Madagascar. These ancient mariners would later be known as the Austronesian (Malayo Polynesian); and Australo-Melanesian ethnic group. They would soon developed their culture, and ocean-sailing technology throughout South East Asia, and Oceania.
The earliest Cebuanos were pagan people who worshiped animism, and nature gods. Chinese, Muslim, and Hindu traders from neighbouring Asian countries established trade relations in the Philippines between the 9th, and 15th century. When the Spaniards arrived in the 16th century, Cebu were inhabited by native muslim population ruled by Datus, Rajahs or Sultan. European colonization brought western culture to the islands, and was soon adopted by the majority of the population.
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