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Filipino ( English: / ˌfɪlɪˈpiːnoʊ / ⓘ, FIH-lih-PEE-noh; [1] Wikang Filipino, [ˈwi.kɐŋ fi.liˈpi.no̞]) is a language under the Austronesian language family. It is the national language ( Wikang pambansa / Pambansang wika) of the Philippines, and one of the two official languages ( Wikang opisyal / Opisyal na wika) of the country ...
Commission on the Filipino Language; Filipino: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino: Agency overview; Formed: 1937 (first formation) 1991 (reformed) Jurisdiction: Government of the Philippines: Headquarters: San Miguel, Manila, Philippines: Annual budget ₱107.53 million Php (2018)
Except for English, Spanish, Chavacano and varieties of Chinese ( Hokkien, Cantonese and Mandarin ), all of the languages belong to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. The following are the four Philippine languages with more than five million native speakers: [44] Tagalog. Cebuano.
A Tagalog speaker, recorded in South Africa.. Tagalog (/ t ə ˈ ɡ ɑː l ɒ ɡ /, tə-GAH-log; [tɐˈɡaːloɡ]; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority.
Jun 30, 1999 · The first Indonesians are thought to have come to the Philippines in groups, beginning some 5,000 to 6,000 years ago and again about 1500 B.C. (Bautista). Linguistic evidence connects Tagalog with Bahasa Indonesia as having common roots, so the main root of the modern Filipino languages probably came with these people (although other groups of ...
Ang Wikipediang Tagalog (Ingles: Tagalog Wikipedia) ay ekslosibong edisyon ng Wikipedia sa wikang Tagalog sa Pilipinas, ay nagsimula noong Disyembre 2003. Ito ay may 47,299 artikulo, at ito ang ika-103 pinakamalaking Wikipedia ayon sa bilang ng artikulo pagsapit ng Mayo 10, 2024.
Apr 25, 2023 · The new Filipino language, as it was named in 1959, was adopted as the official language less than 20 years later. In the Constitution of 1987, Filipino is referred to as the national language. Other Languages of the Philippines. Cebuano was the most commonly used native language in the Philippines up until the 1980s. Cebuano speakers live in ...
