Filipino (formerly Pilipino) is the national and an official language of the Philippines as designated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. It is an Austronesian language that is the de facto standardized version of Tagalog,^[2] though is de jure distinct from it. Sometimes the language is incorrectly used as the generic name for all the languages of the Philippines. This is a list of languages, ordered by the number of native-language speakers, with some data for second-language use. ... Current distribution of Human Language Families A language family is a group of related languages said to have descended from a common proto-language. ... The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... The Borneo-Philippines languages (or Outer Hesperonesian or Outer Western Malayo-Polynesian languages) are a branch of the Austronesian family which include the languages of the Philippines, much of Borneo, the northern peninsula of Sulawesi, and Madagascar, as outlined in Wouk and Ross (2002). ... This article needs cleanup. ... Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ... Writing systems of the world today. ... The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ... The Filipino alphabet (officially Makabagong alpabetong Filipino; English: Modern Filipino alphabet) is made up of 28 letters, which includes the entire 21-letter set of the Abakada (including ng) and 8 letters from the Spanish alphabet (namely C, F, J, Ñ, Q, V, X and Z). ... The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (Commission on the Filipino Language) is the official regulating body of the Filipino language. ... ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2 is the second part of the ISO 639 standard, which lists codes for the representation of the names of languages. ... ISO 639-3 is an international standard for language codes. ... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... Unicode is an industry standard allowing computers to consistently represent and manipulate text expressed in any of the worlds writing systems. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... An official language is a language that is given a unique legal status in the countries, states, and other territories. ... The Constitution of the Philippines (Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas in Filipino) is the supreme law of the Philippines. ... The Austronesian languages are a family of languages widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. ... De facto is a Latin expression that means in fact or in practice. It is commonly used as opposed to de jure (meaning by law) when referring to matters of law or governance or technique (such as standards), that are found in the common experience as created or developed without... A standard language (also standard dialect or standardized dialect) is a particular variety of a language that has been given either legal or quasi-legal status. ... Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ... Look up De jure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, the regulating body of Filipino, envisions a process of popularizing regional dialect usage derived from regional languages, as the foundation of standardizing and intellectualizing a language, based on a lingua franca. The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (Commission on the Filipino Language) is the official regulating body of the Filipino language. ... A standard language (also standard dialect or standardized dialect) is a particular variety of a language that has been given either legal or quasi-legal status. ... Lingua franca, literally Frankish language in Italian, was originally a mixed language consisting largely of Italian plus a vocabulary drawn from Turkish, Persian, French, Greek and Arabic and used for communication throughout the Middle East. ...

History

On November 13, 1936, the Surian ng Wikang Pambansa (National Language Institute) selected Tagalog as the basis of a Wikang Pambansâ (national language) based on the following factors^[3]: is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ...

1. Tagalog is widely spoken and is the language most understood in all the regions of the Philippines.
2. It is not divided into smaller, separate languages as Bisaya is.
3. Its literary tradition is the richest and the most developed and extensive (mirroring that of the Tuscan dialect of Italian). More books are written in Tagalog than in any other autochthonous Austronesian language.
4. Tagalog has always been the language of Manila, and the political and economic capital of the Philippines under both Spanish and American rulers.
5. Tagalog is the language of the Revolution and the Katipunan—two very important incidents in Philippine history.

In 1959, the language became known as Pilipino to dissociate it from the Tagalog ethnic group.^[4] Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ... The Visayan languages of the Philippines, along with Tagalog and Bikol, are part of the Central Philippine language family. ... The Tuscan dialect is a dialect spoken in Tuscany, Italy. ... Nickname: Motto: Linisin Ibangon Maynila Map of Metro Manila showing the location of Manila Coordinates: 14°35 N 121° E Country Region Districts 1st to 6th districts of Manila Barangays 897 Incorporated (city) June 10, 1574 Government  - Mayor Alfredo Lim (2007-2010 GO)  - Vice Mayor Isko Moreno (AM/PDP-Laban... Capital City is a 60-minute television show produced by Euston Films that ran for 13 episodes in 1989 on ITV. This drama focused on the lives of investment bankers in London living and working on the corporate trading floor for the fictional international bank Shane-Longman. ... Combatants Filipino independence movement Spanish Empire Commanders Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Aguinaldo Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines Strength 80,000 soldiers unknown Casualties unknown unknown The Philippine Revolution (1896—1898) was an armed conflict between the Spanish colonial regime and the Katipunan, which sought Philippine independence from Spain. ... The Katipunan was a secret society founded in the Philippines by Andrés Bonifacio aimed towards liberating the country from the Spanish colonizers. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Tagalogs are one of the largestFilipino ethnic group. ...

Later, the 1973 Constitution provided for a separate national language to replace Pilipino, a language which it named Filipino. The pertinent article, though, Article XV, Section 3(2), mentions neither Tagalog nor Pilipino as the basis for Filipino, instead calling on the National Assembly to:

“take steps towards the development and formal adoption of a common national language to be known as Filipino.”

In 1987, the new Constitution introduced many provisions for the language.^[5] Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno Court of Appeals · Sandiganbayan Court of Tax Appeals · Ombudsman Elections Commission on Elections 2007 | 2004 | 2001 | 1998 1995 | 1992 | 1987 | 1986 | All Foreign relations Government Website Human rights Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      The Constitution of the Philippines (Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas in...

Article XIV, Section 6, omits any mention of Tagalog as the basis for Filipino, and states that:

“as [Filipino] evolves, it shall be further developed and enriched on the basis of existing Philippine and other languages.”.

Meanwhile, Article XIV, Section 7 states that:

"Subject to provisions of law and as the Congress may deem appropriate, the Government shall take steps to initiate and sustain the use of Filipino as a medium of official communication and as language of instruction in the educational system."

and:

"The regional languages are the auxiliary official languages in the regions and shall serve as auxiliary media of instruction therein."

Republic Act No. 7104, approved on 14 August 1991, created the Commission on the Filipino Language, reporting directly to the President and tasked to undertake, coordinate and promote researches for the development, propagation and preservation of Filipino and other Philippine languages.^[6] On May 13, 1992, the commission issued a resolution^[7] specifying that Filipino is the “indigenous written and spoken language of Metro Manila and other urban centers in the Philippines used as the language of communication of ethnic groups (emphasis added).” However, as with the 1973 and 1987 Constitutions, the resolution did not go so far as to identify this language as Tagalog. is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Metropolitan Manila (Filipino: Kalakhang Maynila) or the National Capital Region (NCR) (Filipino: Pambansang Punong Rehiyon) is the greater metropolitan area of the city of Manila, the national capital and largest city in the Philippines. ... Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno Court of Appeals · Sandiganbayan Court of Tax Appeals · Ombudsman Elections Commission on Elections 2007 | 2004 | 2001 | 1998 1995 | 1992 | 1986 | All Foreign relations Human rights Other countries Politics Portal      A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino and Tagalog) is a tier of local...

Filipino was presented and registered with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and was added to the ISO registry of languages on September 21, 2004 with it receiving the ISO 639-2 code fil.^[8] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ISO 639 has three code lists. ...

In 2007, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino Chair Ricardo Ma. Nolasco has acknowledged that Filipino was simply Tagalog in syntax and grammar, with no grammatical element or lexicon coming from Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, or any other Philippine languages^[9]. Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (Commission on the Filipino Language) is the official regulating body of the Filipino language. ... Ilocano, also Iloko and Ilokano, refers to the language and culture associated with the Ilocano people, the third largest ethnic group in the Philippines. ... Cebuano, also known as Sugboanon, is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 20,000,000 people (according to Ethnologue). ... Hiligaynon or Ilonggo is an Austronesian language spoken in Western Visayas in the Philippines. ... Languages in the Philippines number more than 170 and almost all of them belong to the Western Malayo-Polynesian languages. ...

Bulacan Courts

On August 22, 2007, 3 Malolos City regional trial courts in Bulacan will use Filipino, to promote the national language. 12 stenographers from Branches 6, 80 and 81, as model courts, had undergone training at Marcelo H. del Pilar College of Law of Bulacan State University College of Law following a directive from the Supreme Court of the Philippines. De la Rama said it was the dream of Chief Justice Reynato Puno to implement the program in other areas such as Laguna, Cavite, Quezon, Nueva Ecija, Batangas, Rizal and Metro Manila. ^[10] Malolos is a city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. ... Provincial Capitol of Bulacan. ... Shorthand is a writing method that can be done at speed because an abbreviated or symbolic form of language is used. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno Court of Appeals · Sandiganbayan Court of Tax Appeals · Ombudsman Elections Commission on Elections 2007 | 2004 | 2001 | 1998 1995 | 1992 | 1986 | All Foreign relations Human rights Other countries Politics Portal      The Supreme Court of the Philippines (Filipino: Kataas-taasang Hukuman ng Pilipinas) is the... Reynato Puno Reynato S. Puno (born May 17, 1940) is the current Chief Justice of the Philippines, presiding the Supreme Court of the Philippines. ... Laguna may refer to more than one article: Laguna, a Philipine province; Laguna, Santa Catarina, a city located in southern Brazil; Laguna de Cameros, a municipality in La Rioja, Spain San Cristóbal de La Laguna (also La Laguna), a municipality in the island of Tenerife, province of Santa Cruz... REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Province of Cavite Region: CALABARZON (Region IV-A) Capital: Trece Martires City Founded: March 10, 1917 Population: 2000 census—2,163,161 (5th largest) Density—1,590 per km² (Highest) Area: 1,297. ... Quezon is a province of the Philippines located in the CALABARZON region in Luzon. ... Nueva Ecija is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Rizal is a province of the Philippines located in the CALABARZON region in Luzon, just 20 kilometers east of Manila. ... Metropolitan Manila (Filipino: Kalakhang Maynila) or the National Capital Region (NCR) (Filipino: Pambansang Punong Rehiyon) is the greater metropolitan area of the city of Manila, the national capital and largest city in the Philippines. ...

Classification

Filipino is considered by Ethnologue^[11] to be a variant of Tagalog, a Central Philippine language within the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), a Christian linguistic service organization which studies lesser-known languages primarily to provide the speakers with Bibles in their native language. ... This article needs cleanup. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. ...

Grammar

Further information: Tagalog grammar

This article describes the grammar of both Tagalog, and Filipino - which is de facto based on Tagalog. ...

Orthography

Main article: Filipino orthography

After Filipino received its national language status, Lope K. Santos introduced a new alphabet consisting of 20 letters called ABAKADA in school grammar books called balarilà; A B K D E G H I L M N NG O P R S T U W Y. The Filipino alphabet (officially Makabagong alpabetong Filipino; English: Modern Filipino alphabet) is made up of 28 letters, which includes the entire 21-letter set of the Abakada (including ng) and 8 letters from the Spanish alphabet (namely C, F, J, Ñ, Q, V, X and Z). ...

The alphabet was expanded in 1976 to include the letters C, CH, F, J, Q, RR, V, X, and Z in order to accommodate words of Spanish and English origin. However, in 1987, the alphabet was reduced from 33 to 28; A B C D E F G H I J K L M N Ñ Ng O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ...

ng and mga

The digraph ng is used in the language. The genitive marker ng and the plural marker mga are abbreviations that are pronounced nang [naŋ] and mangá [mɐ'ŋa]. Ng means "of" (ex. Sya ay kapatid ng nanay ko. She is the sister of my mother) while nang means "when" (ex. Nang si Hudas ay madulas. When Judas slipped) Ng (lowercase: ng) is a digraph of the Latin alphabet. ... Ng is a Cantonese and Hakka transliteration of the Chinese surnames 吳/吴 (Pinyin: Wú) and 伍 (Pinyin: WÇ”), and Hokkien (Taiwanese) and Teochew transliteration of the Chinese surname 黃/黄 (Pinyin: Huáng). ...

Learning Resources

Many of the following books are published in the Philippines. Many are available on www.amazon.com.

• By Vito C. Santos
  • New Vicassan's English-Pilipino Dictionary, ISBN 971-27-0349-5
  • Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, ISBN 971-08-2900-9
  • Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary (Abridged Edition), ISBN 971-27-1707-0

• By others
  • Learn Filipino: Book One by Victor Eclar Romero ISBN 1-932956-41-7
  • Learn Filipino: Book Two by Victor Eclar Romero ISBN 978-1-932956-42-9
  • Lonely Planet Filipino Tagalog (TravelTalk) ISBN 1-59125-364-0
  • Lonely Planet Pilipino Phrasebook ISBN 0-86442-432-9
  • UP Diksyonaryong Filipino by Virgilio Armario (ed.) ISBN 971-8781-98-6, and ISBN 971-8781-99-4
  • English-Pilipino Dictionary, Conuelo T. Panganiban, ISBN 971-08-5569-7
  • Diksyunaryong Filipino - English, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, ISBN 971-8705-20-1
  • Il Nuovo Dizionario Filippino: Italiano-Tagalog/Tagalog-Italiano (English: The New Philippine Dictionary), by Dominador Limeta ISBN: 9710866176

The UP Diksyonaryong Filipino (English: UP Filipino Dictionary) is the first attempt at a monolingual Filipino dictionary. ... The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (Commission on the Filipino Language) is the official regulating body of the Filipino language. ... Il nuovo dizionario filippino (English: The New Philippine Dictionary) is a bidirectional Italian-Tagalog dictionary written and edited by Dominador Limeta, and the first of its kind ever published. ...

References

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External links

• Commission on the Filipino Language
• Language planning in multilingual countries: The case of the Philippines, discussion by linguist and educator Andrew Gonzalez
• The Language Planning Situation in the Philippines, by Andrew Gonzalez, FSC
• The Metamorphosis of Filipino as a National Language
• Filipinized transcription as applied in one blog
• Filipino Languages - links about Filipino languages
• Information on learning Filipino
• Filipino Learner's Home
• Tagalog: A Brief Look at the National Language