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Background. 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.
Languages of the Philippines. There are some 130 to 195 languages spoken in the Philippines, depending on the method of classification. [3] [4] [5] [6] Almost all are Malayo-Polynesian languages native to the archipelago.
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.
This category includes works, events and everything related to the history of Philippines in 2018. Notes: This category is NOT intended ONLY for photographs taken in 2018, nor is it intended for media uploaded or scanned in 2018, as the parent Category:Philippines by year goes in time
On October 30, 2018, President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act 11106, which declares Filipino Sign Language or FSL to be the country's official sign language and as the Philippine government's official language in communicating with the Filipino Deaf. [6]
Filipino has been the national language of the Philippines since 1957. It is defined by the Commission on the Filipino Language ( Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino in Filipino / KWF) as "the native language, spoken and written, in Metro Manila, the National Capital Region, and in other urban centers of the archipelago." [ source ].
The Filipino language, or Wikang Filipino, not only serves as a lingua franca for the archipelago but also encapsulates the dynamic evolution of the Philippines’ social and cultural fabric.
