Tagalog is the language generally spoken in 9,414 households in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro

Based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), Tagalog is spoken in 9,414 households, or 94.7 percent of the 9,943 households in the municipality. American/English was the second most generally spoken language at home with 261 households or 2.6 percent, followed by Maranao with 55 households or 0.6 percent. (Figure 1)

Other languages/dialects such as Sama/Samal, Bisaya/Binisaya, Mangyan-Hanunuo, Cebuano, Mangyan-Iraya, Mangyan-Tadyawan, and other foreign languages were generally spoken in 150 households or 1.5 percent of the total households in the municipality. (Table 1)

Predominantly Tagalog-Speaking Barangay: Barangay San Antonio…

Of the 13 barangays in the municipality of Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, barangay San Antonio is the most homogeneous in terms of language/dialect spoken by their households, with all households generally speaking Tagalog at home (100.0 percent). Barangay Villaflor followed with 99.1 percent. Meanwhile, barangay Poblacion had only 88.8 percent of its households with Tagalog as the top language spoken at home. (Table 2)

As for the second language/dialect spoken at home, American/English was reported to be highest in the barangay of Palangan with 4.7 percent. (Table 2)

The third language/dialect spoken at home was also American/English. This was reported to be the highest in barangay Poblacion with 3.6 percent. (Table 2)

American English is the primary foreign language spoken at home by Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro residents who converse in a foreign language

In 2020, there were 307 households in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, who generally speak in a foreign language at home. This constituted 3.1 percent of the municipality’s total number of households not enumerated as homeless during the time of the census. American English ranked first with 261 households as the language they generally spoke at home and had 85.0 percent share among those households in the province who can converse using a foreign language at home. This was followed by French with six households or 2.0 percent. (Table 3)

(SGD) CHARLYN ROMERO-CANTOS, PhD
(Chief Administrative Officer)
Officer-in-Charge
Oriental Mindoro Provincial Statistical Office

HTD/MCLQ

TECHNICAL NOTES

Language/Dialect Generally Spoken at Home (2020 Census of Population and Housing)

The statistics presented in this release were based on the information provided by the respondent or any responsible household member who may provide accurate answers to the questions and give correct information about all the household members.

Household is a social unit consisting of a person or a group of persons who sleep in the same housing unit and have a common arrangement in the preparation and consumption of food.

Language/dialect generally spoken at home refers to the language or dialect generally used or spoken by the members of the household most of the time at home. It provides a measure of the linguistic homogeneity or difference in the population. Specifically, it measures the extent of the actual use of a language/dialect within a household. The Philippines' official languages are Filipino and English.