Cebuano people
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3,850,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Cebu and overseas communities | |
| Languages | |
| Philippine languages (Cebuano, Filipino), English, Spanish and others | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholicism. Minority others, Aglipayan, Protestantism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Filipinos, Hiligaynon, Waray, other Visayans) other Austronesian peoples |
The Cebuano people (Cebuano: Sugbuanon) The Cebuano people reside in the Cebu Province in the Central Visayas (Region VII) of the Philippines. It may also refer to the ethnic group who speak the Cebuano language as their mother tongue in different parts of the country.
Oceanic or Austronesian people called Malayo-Polynesians settled Cebu island and the rest of the Philippines around 30,000 years ago. Most Cebuanos today have Malayo-Polynesian ancestry. The early Cebuanos developed similar seafaring cultures to the Micronesian people; however, being closer to mainland Asia, the Cebuanos also engaged in trade with Japan and Okinawa, India, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka.
The Cebuano language has been spoken since the Proto-Austronesian era (c. 6000 years ago) in the Sugbu (Cebu) heartland. The language "has spread from its base in Cebu" to nearby islands and also Bohol, eastern Negros, western and southern parts of Leyte and most parts of Mindanao, especially the northern, southern, and eastern parts of the large island..
Pintados was the term used by Spanish colonists to describe the tattooed indigenous Cebuano Visayan people. They were found on the islands of Cebu, Bohol, eastern part of Negros, Samar and Leyte in the Biçayas (Visayas) region of the Philippines. The word itself means "painted," and was first used during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines.
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