What language do Filipinos speak?

The official languages of the Philippines are Tagalog and English.

Tagalog belongs to the Malay Polynesian family of Austronesian languages, which is mainly used in the Philippines. Filipino, known as the official language of the Philippines, is developed with Tagalog as the main body.

English is a language of Indo-European Germanic family. It consists of 26 letters. English letters are derived from Latin letters, Latin letters from Greek letters, and Greek letters from Phoenician letters. It is also the most widely used language in the world.

English contains about 490,000 words and 300,000 technical terms. It is also the official language of the European Union, many international organizations and Commonwealth countries. China is the third largest English-speaking country in the world, second only to Chinese and Spanish-speaking countries.

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According to the census conducted by the Philippine government in 2000, among the 76,332,470 Filipinos, 265,438+0,485,927 spoke Tagalog as their mother tongue. In addition, nearly 50 million Filipinos speak Tagalog as a second language. Tagalog is the only official language among nearly 170 indigenous languages in the Philippines.

The ancestors of Filipinos were immigrants from the Asian continent, and Sulu was founded in about14th century. 1565 became a Spanish colony. 1898 June 12 declared independence. In the same year, after the Spanish-American War, it became the territory of the United States. From 1942 to 1945, it was occupied by Japan. Colonized by the United States after World War II. 1On July 4th, 946, the Philippines gained its independence.

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