The Bikol languages are a group of Central Philippine languages spoken in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. It is composed of three main languages: Northern Bikol, Southern Bikol, and Northern Catanduanes Bikol. The Bisakol varieties, while spoken in Bicol, are not Bikol languages, but are instead Visayan languages spoken in Bikol. Bicol Region or Bicolandia is one of the 16 regions of the Philippines occupying the Bicol Peninsula at the southeastern end of Luzon island and some other islands. ... Current distribution of Human Language Families A language family is a group of related languages said to have descended from a common proto-language. ... The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... The Borneo-Philippines languages (or Outer Hesperonesian or Outer Western Malayo-Polynesian languages) are a branch of the Austronesian family which include the languages of the Philippines, much of Borneo, the northern peninsula of Sulawesi, and Madagascar, as outlined in Wouk and Ross (2002). ... This article needs cleanup. ... Coastal Bikol is a dialect of Bikol. ... Inland Bikol are people living in the mainland or valley, and a form of Bikol. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Bicol Region or Bicolandia is one of the 16 regions of the Philippines occupying the Bicol Peninsula at the southeastern end of Luzon island and some other islands. ... Bisakol are two kinds of major dialects of the Philippines which comprises Bisaya (or Visayan) and Bikolano from the province of Bicol. ... The Visayan languages of the Philippines, along with Tagalog and Bikol, are part of the Central Philippine language family. ...

See: Languages of Bicol. The languages of Bicol are a group of four languages that are spoken in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. ...