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  1. The Spanish language is regulated by the Academia Filipina de la Lengua Española, the main Spanish-language regulating body in the Philippines, and a member of the Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, the entity which regulates the Spanish language worldwide.

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  3. 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. [ 18 ]

  4. Spanish language in the Philippines. For the specific dialect of Spanish spoken in the country, see Philippine Spanish. Spanish was the only official language of the Philippines for over 300 years when it was ruled by Spain, from the late 1500s to 1898.

  5. Philippine Spanish (Spanish: español filipino or castellano filipino) [4] is the variety of standard Spanish spoken in the Philippines, used primarily by Spanish Filipinos.

  6. Spanish was the only official language of the Philippines for over 300 years when it was ruled by Spain, from the late 1500s to 1898. After that, it became a co-official language with English when the USA ruled the country.

  7. Culture and History. 4. There is a growing interest in reviving the Spanish language in the Philippines. This is driven by a desire to save the country's linguistic heritage among others.

  8. Oct 31, 2023 · Philippine Spanish was (and still is) spoken among Spanish Filipinos, i.e. people living in the Philippines with ancestry from primarily Spain and Mexico. A constitutional change in 1973 removed Spanish as an official language, though it was reinstated by a presidential decree a few months later.

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