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The Philippines is a multilingual state with 175 living languages originating and spoken by various ethno-linguistic groups. Many of these languages descend from a common Malayo-Polynesian language due to the Austronesian migration from Taiwan.
Spanish was the official language of the country for more than three centuries under Spanish colonial rule, and became the lingua franca of the Philippines in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1863, a Spanish decree introduced universal education, creating free public schooling in Spanish. [15]
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The Tagalog Wikipedia ( Tagalog: Wikipediang Tagalog; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔ ᜏᜒᜃᜒᜉᜒᜇᜒᜌ) is the Tagalog language edition of Wikipedia, which was launched on December 1, 2003. It has 47,346 articles and is the 103rd largest Wikipedia according to the number of articles as of May 18, 2024. [1] History.
Jan 15, 2024 · by Amiel Pineda. January 15, 2024. The Filipino language traces its roots to ancient Austronesian settlers from Taiwan. Spanish colonization had a significant influence on the Filipino language, introducing Spanish loanwords and impacting syntax, grammar, and vocabulary.
Filipinos ( Filipino: Mga Pilipino) [49] are citizens or people identified with the country of the Philippines. The majority of Filipinos today are predominantly Catholic [50] and come from various Austronesian peoples, all typically speaking Filipino, English, or other Philippine languages.
Apr 13, 2024 · Tagalog language, member of the Central Philippine branch of the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family and the base for Pilipino, an official language of the Philippines, together with English. It is most closely related to Bicol and the Bisayan (Visayan) languages—Cebuano, Hiligaynon.
