There currently are 12 languages in the Philippines with a minimum one million native speakers. These are: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Bikol, Pangasinan, Waray-Waray, Hiligaynon, Kapampangan, Kinaray-a, Maguindanao, Maranao and Tausug. Almost 90% of the population of the Philippines are native speakers of one of these twelve languages.