What language is spoken in the Philippines?

The official languages ??of the Philippines are Filipino and English.

The Republic of the Philippines (Tagalog: Republika ng Pilipinas), referred to as the Philippines, is located in the Western Pacific. It is a multi-ethnic archipelago country in Southeast Asia with an area of ??299,700 square kilometers and a population of 103 million (2016 Year). The Philippines is located in southeastern Asia, facing Taiwan Province of China across the Bashi Strait to the north, facing Indonesia and Malaysia across the Sulawesi Sea and Balabac Strait to the south and southwest, the South China Sea to the west, and the Pacific Ocean to the east. The total area is 299,700 square kilometers, with more than 7,000 large and small islands. Among them, 11 major islands such as Luzon, Mindanao, and Samar account for 96% of the total area of ??the Philippines. The coastline is approximately 18,533 kilometers long.

The Philippines is mainly divided into three major island groups: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. There are more than 7,000 islands, large and small, with numerous races and cultures, integrating many Eastern and Western customs and prehistoric The Negritos may be the earliest residents of the Philippines. Subsequent migration of the ethnic groups gradually brought Malay culture. With the development of religion and trade, Indian culture, Chinese culture and Islamic culture were also brought.

Filipino (Tagalog in Filipino; Filipino in English), also known as Tagalog, Tagalog or Tagalog, belongs to the Austronesian language family in terms of language classification and is mainly used in Philippines, also widely used in Sabah, Malaysia, northern Indonesia and Singapore. The Philippine Constitution designated it as the national language in 1987. Among the nearly 170 native languages ??in the Philippines, Filipino is the only one with official language status.