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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.
- Malay Language in The Philippines
Malay (Filipino: Wikang Malayo; Malay: Bahasa Melayu) is...
- Tagalog Language
Classification. Tagalog is a Northern Philippine language...
- Kapampangan
Kapampangan, Capampáñgan, or Pampangan is an Austronesian...
- Chavacano
Chavacano or Chabacano ([tʃabaˈkano]) is a group of...
- Philippine languages
The Philippine languages or Philippinic are a proposed group...
- Malay Language in The Philippines
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.
Many different groups of people live on the Philippines. Between 120 and 187 languages are spoken on the Phiilippines. For over three centuries, the Philippines were a colony of Spain. Amongst others, the Spanish introduced free public schools, which taught in Spanish.
There are some 130 to 195 languages spoken in the Philippines, depending on the method of classification. Almost all are Malayo-Polynesian languages native to the archipelago.
Filipino is a form of the Tagalog language. It is the national language of the Philippines. [1] About one third of the people in the Philippines speak Tagalog as a first language . Young man speak Filipino. Filipino is used as the formal name of Tagalog. Sometimes it even means the same thing.
The Philippine languages or Philippinic are a proposed group by R. David Paul Zorc (1986) and Robert Blust that include all the languages of the Philippines and northern Sulawesi, Indonesia—except Sama–Bajaw and the Molbog language—and form a subfamily of Austronesian languages.