 Because of the mass influx of Cebuano migrants to Mindanao, many of the Maguindanao people tend to be exposed to the Cebuano language from Visayas easily enough to be able to speak it.Arabic, a Central Semitic language, is spoken by a small minority of the Moro people, being the liturgical language of Islam.Most Maguindanaons however, do not know Arabic beyond its religious uses.