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  2. Until the first half of the 20th century, most Philippine languages were widely written in a variety of ways based on Spanish orthography.

  3. Spanish was the sole official language of the Philippines throughout its more than three centuries of Spanish rule, from the late 16th century to 1898, then a co-official language (with English) under its American rule, a status it retained (now alongside Filipino and English) after independence in 1946.

  4. Jun 30, 1999 · 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). Linguistic evidence connects Tagalog with Bahasa Indonesia as having common roots, so the main root of the modern Filipino languages probably came with these people (although other groups of ...

  5. History. Spanish was the official language of the country for more than three centuries under Spanish colonial rule, and became the lingua franca of the Philippines in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1863, a Spanish decree introduced universal education, creating free public schooling in Spanish. [15]

  6. Apr 21, 2024 · Key Takeaways: The Spanish-Filipino influence is deeply ingrained in Filipino culture and language. Spanish colonizers introduced Catholicism, which remains the dominant religion in the Philippines. The Spanish language became integrated into Filipino dialects, with numerous borrowed words.

  7. Apr 25, 2023 · When the Philippines came under Spanish rule, a new alphabet based on Spanish orthography was adopted. It consisted of 32 letters. The modern Tagalog alphabet consists of 28 letters.

  8. May 15, 2021 · As we all know, they were hugely successful and the Philippines remains predominantly Catholic to this day. The rest of the video explains how Spanish became the language of the elite, and how Americans were much more successful at making English one of the country’s official languages.

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