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3 days ago · English is used a lot in the Philippines for talking, learning, and business. Thanks to ties with the United States, many Filipinos speak English and their native tongues. Spanish, though less spoken now, left many words in Filipino languages. It shows the deep roots of Spain’s colonial rule.
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)
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5 days ago · Tagalog refers to a people and to their language. 1. The Tagalogs (the Tagalog people) live in Manila and nearby areas. 2. The Tagalog language is the basis of the Filipino national language. When you ask a native of the Philippines what the country’s official language is, the answer will be “Filipino.”. This is because the constitution ...
3 days ago · Filipino translators seek professionalization of industry. By GMA Integrated News. Published May 19, 2024 9:59pm. Updated May 19, 2024 9:59pm. The Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF) or the Commission on the Filipino Language is looking at the professionalization of translation work given the lack of job security for locals who work as translators.
4 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.
2 days ago · ILOKANO. Ilokano is a language very distinct from Tagalog. Variously spelled as Ilocano, Ilukano, Ilucano, Iluko, Iloco or Iloko, it is the third most-spoken language in the Philippines. The ancestors of the Ilocano people arrived in the Philippines by viray or bilog, meaning ‘boat’. The word Ilokano comes from i- (‘from’) and looc (‘bay’).
