People, Language and Culture
The people of Leyte are divided into two main groups, primarily by language. In the west and south are the Cebuanos, while in the north and east is the Waray-Waray (Leyte dialect).
There are also some Spanish mestizos and some natives of the province who can understand and speak Spanish due to the province's colonial history.
According to the Year 2000 census, 97% of Leyte's population is Roman Catholics, one of the highest percentage in the Visayas. While the remaining 3% are either adherents of other different Christian sects such as the indigenous Baptists, Evangelicals, Mennonites, and Mormons, Christian.
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