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Filipino follows the trigger system of morphosyntactic alignment that is also common among Austronesian languages. It has head-initial directionality. It is an agglutinative language but can also display inflection. It is not a tonal language and can be considered a pitch-accent language and a syllable-timed language.
In 2000, among U.S.-born Filipino Americans, three quarters responded that English is their primary language; nearly half of Filipino Americans speak English exclusively. [77] In 2003, Tagalog was the fifth most-spoken language in the United States, with 1.262 million speakers; [4] by 2011, it was the fourth most-spoken language in the United ...
Filipino may refer to: Something from or related to the Philippines. Filipino language, a de facto standardized variety of Tagalog, the national language, and one of the two official languages of the Philippines. Filipinos, people who are natives, citizens and/or nationals of the Philippines, natural-born or naturalized. Filipinos (snack food ...
Isa ang Tagalog sa 185 mga wika sa Pilipinas na tinukoy sa Ethnologue. [5] Sa pagkaopisyal, binibigyan kahulugan ang Filipino ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) bilang ang katutubong wika, pasalita at pasulat, sa Kalakhang Maynila, ang Pambansang Punong Rehiyon, at sa mga ibang sentrong urbano ng kapuluan. [6]
Philippine language may refer to: the Filipino language, a standardized register of the Tagalog language and national language of the Philippines. one of the languages of the Philippines. one of the Philippine languages, a linguistic grouping.
The culture of the Philippines is characterized by cultural and ethnic diversity. Although the multiple ethnic groups of the Philippine archipelago have only recently established a shared Filipino national identity, their cultures were all shaped by the geography and history of the region, and by centuries of interaction with neighboring cultures, and colonial powers.
Filipino should be an amalgation of all Filipino languages (Bikol, Cebuano etc.) Currently, it is not. Commision of Filipino Language is tasked to develop the national language. Filipino, formerly known as Pilipino, has been the national language of the Philippines since 1957. -- Filipinayzd 13 September 2007.
