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include: Filipino (official), English (official), Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, Pangasinan
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Encyclopedia: Languages of the Philippines
There are over 170 languages in the Philippines; almost all of them belong to the Austronesian language family. Of all of these languages, only 2 are considered official in the country, at least 10 ar...
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Spanish was an official language in the Philippines from the beginning of colonization with Miguel López de Legazpi in the 16th century, until the change of...
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List of languages of Philippines. See language maps. [See also SIL publications on the languages of Philippines.] Zorc 1977. Blind population: 467,000. Deaf population: 12,914,601. The number of individual languages listed for Philippines is 175. Of those, 171 are living languages and 4 have no known speakers.
www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=PH
Maps of languages of Philippines. Nearly Extinct Languages Southern Philippines...
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Welcome to the History of the Philippines Pearl of the Orient Seas Republic of the Philippines 1946-1965...
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Languages in the Philippines Filipino (formerly Pilipino) is based on Tagalog and is the official language of the Philippines. In spite of being the national language, only about 55 percent of Filipinos speak the language. In addition to Filipino are about 111 distinct indigenous languages and dialects, of which only...
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For more than 3 centuries Spanish was the official language of the Philippines and became the lingua franca in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
www.spainexchange.com/guide/PH-language.htm
TAGALOG is one of the major languages spoken in the Philippines, mostly by people from the Tagalog regions in the main island of Luzon. It is the lingua franca in Metro Manila, the national capital region of the country.
www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Tagalog_mainpage.htm
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