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2 days ago · Until the first half of the 20th century, most Philippine languages were widely written in a variety of ways based on Spanish orthography. In the late 19th century, a number of educated Filipinos began proposing for revising the spelling system used for Tagalog at the time.
- 28 million (2022), 82 million total speakers (2022)
4 days ago · The Spanish colonization of the Philippines occurred from 1565 to 1898. Before Spanish colonization, the Philippines had a vibrant precolonial period from 900 to 1565. The arrival of the Spanish in 1521 marked the beginning of the Spanish conquest.
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5 days ago · It was the base for the Filipino language’s growth. Many languages have influenced Filipino through history. This is due to colonization and cultural exchanges. Spanish impact came with the Philippines’ colonization from the 16th to 19th centuries. It brought Spanish words and grammar into Tagalog.
4 days ago · “The Spanish language played a crucial role in shaping the Filipino language and culture.” Spanish words have deeply mixed into Filipino, adding about 4,000 words. Words like “kutsara” (spoon) and “fiesta” (festival) show Spain’s influence. It enriches the Filipino language. These days, less than 1% of Filipinos speak Spanish.
2 days ago · History of the Filipino Alphabet. Before the Spanish arrived in the Philippines in the 16th century, the people of the islands used a writing script called baybayin. It was the Spaniards who introduced Western letters to the Philippines.
2 days ago · The earliest printed book in a Philippine language, featuring both Tagalog in baybayin and transliterated into the Latin script, is the 1593 Doctrina Christiana en Lengua Española y Tagala. The Tagalog text was based mainly on a manuscript written by Fr. Juan de Placencia. Friars Domingo de Nieva and Juan de San Pedro Martyr supervised the ...
1 day ago · THE FILIPINO PEOPLE BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE SPANIARDS. by: David P. Barrows, Ph.D. April-May 2016--Position of Tribes – on the Spaniards, the population of the Philippines seems to have been distributed by tribes in much the same manner as at present. Then, as now, the Bisayas occupied the central islands of the archipelago and some of the ...
