Bicol is the local dialect. Being at the gateway between the Visayas and Luzon through the Bikol Region, Sorsogon's brand of Bicol, however, is the unique mixture of the Visayas and Bicol dialects.

     For languages, most of the natives can speak English and Filipino fluently.

     There is also smattering of Spanish. In fact, the local dialect has a liberal sprinkling of Spanish words and at times, colloquially corrupted.

     The people of the Bicol region, called Bicolanos, speak any one of the several varieties of Bicol, an Austronesian language closely related to other Central Philippine languages such as Cebuano and Tagalog.

     Bicol varieties include Bicol Rinconada (Iriga-Buhi area), the western Albay dialects Oasnun and Darage�o (Oas, Daraga), Bicol Sorsogon (Sorsogon), Bicol Catanduanes and Bicol Partido (municipalities surrounding Lagonoy Gulf).

     Standard Bicol is based on the dialect of Legazpi City and is understood widely through out the region even though they cannot speak the dialect.

     The Bicol languages are the dominant languages of the region.

     The Filipino language (Tagalog) is also spoken in northern parts of Camarines Norte as well as in the municipality of Del Gallego, Camarines Sur.

     Two Visayan languages, Sorsoganon and Masbate�o or Minasbate, are spoken in Masbate and Sorsogon; they are collectively referred to as Bisakol.