Philippine Languages 

            Learn Cebuano

From Wikipedia:

Filipino is the national language of the Philippines and, along with English, is an official language designated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution.  Filipino is an Austronesion language that is based on existing native languages in the Philippines; the most significant influence is the Tagalog language.  A large number of Spanish and English  loanwords also exist in the vocabulary. The Filipino language remains in evolution, development, and further enrichment on the basis of existing language of the Philippines and other languages.  It is the first language of Filipinos living in Metro Manila and the second language of most Filipinos.

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Cebuano is the most widely spoken Philippine language and is used by 20,000,000 people in central Philippines.  It is difficult at best to learn what one would call the correct Cebuano word list.  With so many options at their disposal, Filipinos adapt to a spoken language by hearing what their parents, older siblings, relatives, friends and classmates use.  Since Philippine schools teach only English and Tagalog, educating pupils in a language not spoken by many of them doesn't work very well.  If it wasn't for TV shows in Tagalog, that language wouldn't fare much better than English. 

Groups of Filipinos living in their own areas have different names for common things.  One would think that the name of a fish caught and consumed by Filipinos all over the islands would be used.  Forget that, it's not true.  And so it goes with adjectives and verbs.  Thus the sources of translations from English to any Filipino language except Tagalog turns into a list of commonly used words that mean the same thing to different people.  I can imagine there are variations in Tagalog translations too, but I have no experience to say that.

I've found that, if you know the subject or verb word you are interested in, you can get by.  However, Filipinos call things by their brand name.  For example, if you want super glue, name a brand and don't ask for super glue because they won't understand you usually.  Try Mighty Bond.  Try asking for bleach.  If you get a funny look back, say Sonrox.

It's also better to use English in the Northern areas since they have only one language to learn other than the one they speak which is Tagalog.  They also have more contact with Foreigners speaking English in the Manila area.

My heart goes out to Filipinos who don't speak Tagalog growing up.  They learn a speaking language before school starts, or maybe parts of two, then get Tagalog and English forced on them in school.  Not easy for most Filipinos.  Those born to Foreigners who speak English already have a distinct advantage for the better grades.