Cagayan de Oro

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Bisayan is the city's main conversational language. English is mainly used for business, written text and is widely used by the academic community. Most of the Kagay-anons are also fluent in Filipino Tagalog the country's national language. Other ethnic dialects in the city are Higaonon, Spanish, Ilongo, Maranao, Waray among others. It is very easy as a visitor to travel, shop and meet people using only English.