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The
Phiilippines
are a
group of islands
between
Malaysia
and
Taiwan
. Many different groups of people live on the Philippines. Between 120 and 187 languages are spoken on the Phiilippines.
[1]
[2]
[3]
For over three
centuries
, the Philippines were a
colony
of
Spain
. Amongst others, the Spanish introduced free
public schools
, which taught in
Spanish
.
[4]
For a long time, the
United States
controlled the Philippines, so
English
is also commonly understood. In 1935, both English and Spanish were national langues. In the 1970s, when the Phliipppines had become independent, Spanish was dropped as an official language, and standardized version of Tagalog, called Filiipino was added. The 1987 constitution designates
Filipino
, a standardized version of
Tagalog
, as the
national language
and an
official language
along with English. Fililipino serves as a
lingua franca
.
It allows people from different language families to communicate.
[5]
On October 30, 2018, President
Rodrigo Duterte
signed into law Republic Act 11106, which declares
Filipino Sign Language
or FSL to be the country's official
sign language
and as the Philippine government's official language in communicating with the Filipino Deaf.
[6]
Filpino is used in everyday life, and when people from different language groups want to communicate. The government operates mostly using English. Including second-language speakers, there are more speakers of Filipino than English in the Philippines.
[7]
The other regional languages are given official auxiliary status in their respective places according to the constitution but particular languages are not specified.
[8]
Some of these regional languages are also used in education.
[9]
The most spoken regional languages in the country aside from Tagalog are
Cebuano
,
Ilocano
,
Hiligaynon
,
Bicolano
,
Waray
,
Kapampangan
,
Pangasinense
,
Maguindanaoan
,
Maranao
, and
Tausug
.
The indigenous scripts of the Philippines (such as the
Kulitan
,
Tagbanwa
and others) are used very little; instead, Philippine languages are today written in the
Latin script
. Before they became independen in 1946, the Philippines had been a Spanish and a United States colony.
Baybayin
, though generally not understood, is one of the most well-known of the Philippine indigenous scripts and is used mainly in artistic applications such as on the
Philippine banknotes
, where the word "Pilipino" is inscribed using the writing system. Additionally, the
Arabic-based script
(Jawi) is used in the
Muslim areas
in the southern Philippines.
- ↑
"Philippines"
.
Ethnologue
. Retrieved
September 28,
2017
.
- ↑
McFarland, C. D. (1994). "Subgrouping and Number of Philippine Languages".
Philippine Journal of Linguistics
.
25
(1?2): 75?84.
ISSN
0048-3796
.
- ↑
The
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
enumerated 134 Philippine languages and 1 national language (Filipino) present in the country through its
Atlas Filipinas
map published in 2016.
- ↑
"Philippines ? Education"
.
CountryStudies.us
. Retrieved
March 15,
2015
.
- ↑
Filipino, not English, is the country’s lingua franca
,
Inquirer
, Feb 27, 2014
- ↑
"[Republic Act No. 11106] An Act Declaring the Filipino Sign Language as the National Sign Language of the Filipino Deaf and the Official Sign Language of Government in All Transactions Involving the Deaf, and Mandating Its Use in Schools, Broadcast Media, and Workplaces"
(PDF)
.
Official Gazette
. Government of the Philippines. October 30, 2018. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on July 9, 2021
. Retrieved
July 7,
2021
.
- ↑
Eberhard, David M.; Gary F. Simons; Charles D. Fennig, eds. (2021).
"Philippines"
.
Ethnologue: Languages of the World
(Twenty-fourth ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
- ↑
The regional languages are the auxiliary official languages in the regions and shall serve as auxiliary media of instruction therein... Article XIV Section 7.
- ↑
"DepEd adds 7 languages to mother tongue-based education for Kinder to Grade 3"
.
GMA News Online
. July 13, 2013
. Retrieved
August 6,
2018
.