| Region | Province | Modern Name | Prevailing Dialect | Population |
| Luzon | Abra | Ilocano |
34,337
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| Albay | Bicol |
330,121
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| Bataan | Tagalog, Pampangan |
44,794
|
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| Batangas | Tagalog |
280,100
|
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| Bulacan | Tagalog |
240,341
|
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| Cagayan | Ibanag, Itanes, Idayan, Gaddan, Ilocano, Dadaya, Apayao, Malaneg |
64,437
|
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| Camarines Norte | Tagalog, Bicol |
26,372
|
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| Camarines Sur | Bicol |
81,047
|
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| Cavite | Spanish, Tagalog |
109,501
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| Ilocos Norte | Ilocano, Tinguian |
134,767
|
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| Ilocos Sur | Ilocano |
105,251
|
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| Infanta | Tagalog |
7,813
|
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| Isabela | Ibanag, Gaddan, Tagalog |
29,200
|
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| Laguna | Tagalog, Spanish |
121,251
|
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| Lepanto | Igorot, Ilocano |
8,851
|
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| Manila (Tondo) | Tagalog, Spanish, Chinese |
323,683
|
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| Morong | Tagalog |
44,239
|
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| Nueva Ecija | Tagalog, Pangasinan, Pampangan, Ilocano |
84,520
|
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| Nueva Viscaya | Gaddan, Ifugao, Ibilao, Ilongote |
32,961
|
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| Pampanga | Pampangan, Ilocano |
193,423
|
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| Pangasinan | Pangasinan, Ilocano |
263,472
|
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| Porac | Pampangan |
6,950
|
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| Princepe | Tagalog, Ilocano, Ilongote |
3,609
|
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| Saltan | Gaddan |
6,640
|
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| Tayabas | Tagalog, Bicol |
93,918
|
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| Tiagan | Igorot |
5,723
|
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| Union | Ilocano |
88,024
|
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| Zambales | Zambal, Ilocano, Aeta, Pampangan, Tagalog, Pangasinan |
72,936
|
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| Visayas | Antique (Panay) | Hiligaynon |
88,874
|
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| Bohol | Bohol | Cebuano, Bisayan |
187,327
|
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| Burias | Bicol |
1,786
|
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| Capiz (Panay) | Ilongo |
206,288
|
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| Cebu | Cebuano, Bisayan |
318,715
|
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| Iloilo (Panay) | Ilongo |
565,500
|
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| Leyte | Waray, Cebuano |
170,591
|
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| Masbate, Ticao | Hiligaynon |
12,457
|
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| Mindoro |
23,050
|
|||
| Negros | Ilongo |
144,923
|
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| Romblon | Hiligaynon |
21,579
|
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| Samar | Waray |
146,539
|
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| Mindanao | Cotabato | Bisayan, Manobo |
1,103
|
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| Davao | Bisayan, Manobo |
1,537
|
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| Misamis | Bisayan |
63,639
|
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| Surigao | Surigao, Bisayan |
24,104
|
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| Zamboanga | Chabacano, Bisayan |
9,608
|
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| Distant Islands | Batanes | Ibanag |
8,381
|
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| Calamianes | Coyuvo, Agutaino, Calamiano |
17,703
|
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| Marianas | Chamorro, Carolino |
5,940
|
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| TOTAL POPULATION |
4,857,925
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| Source: Robles, Eliodoro G., The Philippines in the Nineteenth Century, Malaya Books, Quezon City, Philippines, 1969. | ||||