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On December 30, President Quezon issued Executive Order No. 134, s. 1937, approving the adoption of Tagalog as the language of the Philippines, and proclaimed the national language of the Philippines so based on the Tagalog language.
Jan 15, 2024 · The Filipino language traces its roots to ancient Austronesian settlers from Taiwan. Spanish colonization had a significant influence on the Filipino language, introducing Spanish loanwords and impacting syntax, grammar, and vocabulary.
Jun 30, 1999 · The languages of the Philippines were heavily influenced by Chinese at this time, and probably by many of the other languages to which they were exposed as well. The Islam religion was brought to the Philippines in the 14 th century (Bautista).
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.
Pilipino language, standardized form of Tagalog, and one of the two official languages of the Philippines (the other being English). It is a member of the Austronesian language phylum. Tagalog is the mother tongue for nearly 25 percent of the population and is spoken as a first or second language.
In the 1972 Constitution, Pilipino and English are declared as the official languages, and Filipino, as the new national language to be developed from the contributions of all the languages spoken in the Philippines.
Aug 15, 2019 · The current Philippine constitution (1987) states that the national language is Filipino and as it evolves, “shall be further developed and enriched on the basis of existing Philippine and other languages.”
