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While there are indeed many hundreds of dialects in the Philippines, they represent variations of no fewer than 120 distinct languages, and many of these languages maintain greater differences than those between established European languages like French and Spanish.
According to Resolution No. 13-39 of the Kalupunan ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (5 August 2013) f1987 Constitution SECTION 7. For purposes of communication and instruction, the official languages of the Philippines are Filipino and, until otherwise provided by law, English. The regional languages are the auxiliary official languages in the ...
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The Philippines is a nation of 7107 islands located in Southeast Asia. The country is home to an estimated 99,809,100 people who thrive in a rich linguistic climate, which hosts 181 living languages (Lewis, Simons, & Fennig, 2014), an English variety (Philippine English) that has reached the fourth phase of Schneider’s dynamic model (Borlongan, 2011), and a rich tradition of applied ...
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1. Introduction. In the Philippines there are about 70 languages and in Malayo-Polynesia about 500. To say some-thing about unity and diversity among these many languages and about our evidence for their Malayo-Polynesian source is not an easy task, particularly when it must be done briefly and for readers without the requisite linguistic ...
Jun 30, 1999 · In addition, various occupations of the region by different nations has brought the Filipino languages in to direct contact with many other languages, which have also had their influence. The first Indonesians are thought to have come to the Philippines in groups, beginning some 5,000 to 6,000 years ago and again about 1500 B.C. (Bautista).
Dec 1, 2021 · Philippines (2012), "the last few decades have seen the loss of l anguages such as Agta Villa - Viciosa, Agta Dicamay , and others; many Filipino languages are now
1. The History of the Philippine Languages R. David Zorc, Jason W. Lobel, and William Hall1. 1. Introduction. The Philippines, a nation of over 7,000 islands, is located just south of Taiwan, northeast of Borneo, and due north of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Its 179 living, indigenous languages mostly belong to the Philippine subfamily ...
