Distribution
Rinconada is spoken by majority in Bula, Baao, Nabua, Balatan, Iriga City and Bato in Camarines Sur (politically the 5th district of Camarines Sur province except the municipality of Buhi, where the majority speaks Buhinon). The language is dominant and the lingua franca in the southern half of the provincial capital town of Pili, the west barangays of Ocampo, and the far west barangays of Buhi; it can also be heard in neighboring places such as the northern barangays of Polangui and Libon in Albay.
Based on Ethnologue, as of the year 2000, the number of speakers was 234,361. This number is based on the population of the fifth district of Camarines Sur (Rinconada), and as such does not include speakers outside Rinconada district. Some place the native speaker population at 500,000 (estimate) because there are many speakers of this language outside the region who left in search of better job opportunities. This is also known as the Rinconada Bikolano diaspora; there are similar diasporas for other ethnic groups in the Philippines. Second language speakers are believed to number 30-50,000.
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