Central Luzon languages

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Central Luzon
Geographic distribution:	central Luzon, near Mount Pinatubo
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Northern Philippine Central Luzon
Subdivisions:	Kapampangan Sambalic Sinauna

The Central Luzon languages are a group of languages spoken in the Philippines. One of them, Kapampangan, is the major language of the Mount Pinatubo area. However, despite having three million speakers, it is threatened by the diaspora of its speakers after the 1991 eruption of that volcano.

Map where Central Luzon languages are spoken

The Central Luzon languages are,

Kapampangan (Pampangan)
Sambalic languages (spoken by the Aeta and related peoples)
Sinauna

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