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1 day ago · The Filipino language is shaped by the Philippines’ history with different cultures. In the Philippines, over 170 languages are spoken, Filipino being the national one. Tagalog, which Filipino is based on, comes from the Austronesian family. Spanish rule in the Philippines deeply affected the Filipino language.
4 days ago · It is, for example, the second most-populous Asian country (following India) with English as an official language and one of only two predominantly Roman Catholic countries in Asia (the other being East Timor).
2 days ago · 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.
- 28 million (2022), 82 million total speakers (2022)
4 days ago · There are two official languages in the Philippines, Pilipino and English. English is used for business, government, and education from the fourth grade through college. Pilipino, which is based mostly on Tagalog, which is the language spoken in central Luzon.
- Manila
- presidential republic
- Philippines Peso (PHP)
- 115,830 Square Miles300,000 Square Kilometers
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3 days ago · List of Philippine Languages Republic of the Philippines. 86,241,697. National or official languages: Filipino, English. Literacy rate: 88% to 89%. Also includes Basque, French (698), Hindi (2,415), Indonesian (2,580), Japanese (2,899), Korean, Sindhi (20,000), Standard German (961), Vietnamese, Arabic.
18 hours ago · Filipinos (Filipino: Mga Pilipino) are citizens or people identified with the country of the Philippines.The majority of Filipinos today are predominantly Catholic and come from various Austronesian peoples, all typically speaking Filipino, English, or other Philippine languages.
