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1 day ago · A Tagalog speaker, recorded in South Africa.. 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 · The Filipino language has a rich history. It is rooted in Tagalog. Before the Spanish came, the Philippines had many small communities. Each had its own way of speaking. When the Spanish took control, they brought their language. But Filipinos kept speaking in local dialects too. This helped save many native languages. The Filipino language ...
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3 days ago · two official languages - Filipino (based on Tagalog) and English; eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinense GDP - real growth rate 6% GDP - per capita (PPP) $7,500.00 (USD)
3 days ago · Philippines, island country of Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. It is an archipelago consisting of more than 7,000 islands and islets lying about 500 miles (800 km) off the coast of Vietnam. Manila is the capital, but nearby Quezon City is the country’s most-populous city. Both are part of the National Capital Region (Metro Manila ...
21 hours 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 ...
4 days ago · Tâi-lô. Huâ-hui-lîn. Chinese Filipinos [a] (sometimes referred as Filipino Chinese in the Philippines) are Filipinos of Chinese descent with ancestry mainly from Fujian province, [4] but are typically born and raised in the Philippines. [4] Chinese Filipinos are one of the largest overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia.
4 days ago · History. Details. Batangas (Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Batangas ), (Spanish: Provincia de Batangas ), is a first class province of the Philippines located on the southwestern part of Luzon in the CALABARZON region. Its capital is Batangas City and it is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and Laguna to the north and Quezon to the east.
