Languages of the Philippines

There are some 130 to 195 languages spoken in the Philippines, depending on the method of classification.[3][4][5][6] Almost all are Malayo-Polynesian languages native to the archipelago. A number of Spanish-influenced creole varieties generally called Chavacano along with some local varieties of Chinese[7][8][9] are also spoken in certain communities. The 1987 constitution designates Filipino, a standardized version of Tagalog, as the national language and an official language along with English. Filipino is regulated by Commission on the Filipino Language and serves as a lingua franca used by Filipinos of various ethnolinguistic backgrounds.[10]

Languages of the Philippines
Overview of the spread and overlap of the languages spoken throughout the country as of March 2017, by the KWF (Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino)
OfficialFilipino and English
NationalFilipino[1]
Regional
Vernacular
Foreign
SignedFilipino Sign Language
American Sign Language
Keyboard layout

Republic Act 11106 declares Filipino Sign Language or FSL as the country's official sign language and as the Philippine government's official language in communicating with the Filipino Deaf.[11]

While Filipino is used for communication across the country's diverse linguistic groups and in popular culture, the government operates mostly using English. Including second-language speakers, there are more speakers of Filipino than English in the Philippines.[12] The other regional languages are given official auxiliary status in their respective places according to the constitution but particular languages are not specified.[13] Some of these regional languages are also used in education.[2]

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 because of the Spanish and American colonial experience. 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 current Philippine banknotes, where the word "Pilipino" is inscribed using the writing system. Additionally, the Arabic script is used in the Muslim areas in the southern Philippines.

Tagalog and Cebuano are the most commonly spoken native languages, together comprising about half of the population of the Philippines. Filipino and English are the only official languages and are taught in schools. This, among other reasons, has resulted in a rivalry between the Tagalog and Cebuano language groups.[14]

National and official languages edit

 
Language map of the 12 recognized auxiliary languages based on Ethnologue maps.

History edit

Spanish was the official language of the country for more than three centuries under Spanish colonial rule, and became the lingua franca of the Philippines in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1863, a Spanish decree introduced universal education, creating free public schooling in Spanish.[15] It was also the language of the Philippine Revolution, and the 1899 Malolos Constitution effectively proclaimed it as the official language of the First Philippine Republic.[16] National hero José Rizal wrote most of his works in Spanish. Following the American occupation of the Philippines and the imposition of English, the use of Spanish declined gradually. Spanish then declined rapidly because of the Japanese occupation in the 1940s. [17]

Under the U.S. occupation and civil regime, English began to be taught in schools. By 1901, public education used English as the medium of instruction. Around 600 educators (called "Thomasites") who arrived in that year aboard the USAT Thomas replaced the soldiers who also functioned as teachers. The 1935 Constitution added English as an official language alongside Spanish. A provision in this constitution also called for Congress to "take steps toward the development and adoption of a common national language based on one of the existing native languages." On November 12, 1937, the First National Assembly created the National Language Institute. President Manuel L. Quezón appointed native Waray speaker Jaime C. De Veyra to chair a committee of speakers of other regional languages. Their aim was to select a national language among the other regional languages. Ultimately, Tagalog was chosen as the base language on December 30, 1937, on the basis that it was the most widely spoken and developed local language.[18] Quezon himself was born and raised in Baler, Aurora, which is a native Tagalog-speaking area.

In 1939, President Manuel L. Quezón renamed the Tagalog language as Wikang Pambansa ("national language" in English translation).[19] The language was further renamed in 1959 as Pilipino by Secretary of Education José E. Romero. The 1973 constitution declared the Pilipino language to be co-official, along with English, and mandated the development of a national language, to be known as Filipino. In addition, Spanish regained its official status when President Marcos signed Presidential Decree No. 155, s. 1973.[20]

The 1987 Constitution under President Corazon Aquino declared Filipino to be the national language of the country. Filipino and English were named as the country's official languages, with the recognition of regional languages as having official auxiliary status in their respective regions (though not specifying any particular languages). Spanish and Arabic were to be promoted on an optional and voluntary basis.[21] Filipino also had the distinction of being a national language that was to be "developed and enriched on the basis of existing Philippine and other languages." Although not explicitly stated in the constitution, Filipino is in practice almost completely composed of the Tagalog language as spoken in the capital, Manila; however, organizations such as the University of the Philippines began publishing dictionaries such as the UP Diksyonaryong Filipino in which words from various Philippine languages were also included. The present constitution is also the first to give recognition to other regional languages.

Republic Act No. 7104, approved on August 14, 1991, by President Corazon Aquino, created the Commission on the Filipino Language, reporting directly to the President and tasked to undertake, coordinate and promote research for the development, propagation and preservation of Filipino and other Philippine languages.[22] On May 13, 1992, the commission issued Resolution 92–1, 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.[23]

In 2013, President Noynoy Aquino's government launched the country's mother tongue-based multi-lingual education program for students in kindergarten to Grade 3, effectively reviving the usage and proliferation of various indigenous languages in the country.[24] The program also strengthened the Filipino language and English language learning capabilities of students.[25] In 2018, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act 11106, declaring Filipino Sign Language (FSL) as the country's official language for the Filipino deaf community.[26]

Usage edit

 
Sign in Palawan in English, Filipino, Cebuano, Chinese, Korean and Russian.
 
A warning sign in Banton, Romblon in English, Filipino, and Bantoanon.

Filipino is a standardized version of Tagalog, spoken mainly in Metro Manila.[27] Both Filipino and English are used in government, education, print, broadcast media, and business, with third local languages often being used at the same time.[28] Filipino has borrowings from, among other languages, Spanish,[29] English,[30] Arabic,[31] Persian, Sanskrit,[32] Malay,[33] Chinese,[34][35] Japanese,[36] and Nahuatl.[37] Filipino is an official language of education, but less important than English as a language of publication (except in some domains, like comic books) and less important for academic-scientific-technological discourse. Filipino is used as a lingua franca in all regions of the Philippines as well as within overseas Filipino communities, and is the dominant language of the armed forces (except perhaps for the small part of the commissioned officer corps from wealthy or upper-middle-class families) and of a large part of the civil service, most of whom are non-Tagalogs.

There are different forms of diglossia that exist in the case of regional languages. Locals may use their mother tongue or the regional lingua franca to communicate amongst themselves, but sometimes switch to foreign languages when addressing outsiders. Another is the prevalence of code-switching to English when speaking in both their first language and Tagalog.

The Constitution of the Philippines provides for the use of the vernacular languages as official auxiliary languages in provinces where Filipino is not the lingua franca. Filipinos by and large are polyglots; in the case where the vernacular language is a regional language, Filipinos would speak in Filipino when speaking in formal situations while the regional languages are spoken in non-formal settings. This is evident in major urban areas outside Metro Manila like Camarines Norte in the Bikol-speaking area, and Davao in the Cebuano-speaking area. As of 2017, the case of Ilocano and Cebuano are becoming more of bilingualism than diglossia due to the publication of materials written in these languages.[citation needed] The diglossia is more evident in the case of other languages such as Pangasinan, Kapampangan, Bikol, Waray, Hiligaynon, Sambal, and Maranao, where the written variant of the language is becoming less and less popular to give way to the use of Filipino. Although Philippine laws consider some of these languages as "major languages" there is little, if any, support coming from the government to preserve these languages. This may be bound to change, however, given current policy trends.[38]

There still exists another type of diglossia, which is between the regional languages and the minority languages. Here, we label the regional languages as acrolects while the minority languages as the basilect. In this case, the minority language is spoken only in very intimate circles, like the family or the tribe one belongs to. Outside this circle, one would speak in the prevalent regional language, while maintaining an adequate command of Filipino for formal situations. Unlike the case of the regional languages, these minority languages are always in danger of becoming extinct because of speakers favoring the more prevalent regional language. Moreover, most of the users of these languages are illiterate[specify] and as expected, there is a chance that these languages will no longer be revived due to lack of written records.[citation needed]

In addition to Filipino and English, other languages have been proposed as additional nationwide languages. Among the most prominent proposals are Spanish[39][40] and Japanese.[41][42]

Regional languages edit

 
Major languages by region. Regions marked with black diamonds denote the language comprises only a substantial minority of the populace.
 
Regional languages of the Philippines.

According to Ethnologue, a total of 182 native languages are spoken in the nation and four languages have been classified as extinct: Dicamay Agta, Katabaga, Tayabas Ayta and Villaviciosa Agta.[43] Except for English, Spanish, Chavacano and varieties of Chinese (Hokkien, Cantonese and Mandarin), all of the languages belong to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family.

The following are the four Philippine languages with more than five million native speakers:[44]

In addition, there are seven with between one and five million native speakers:

One or more of these is spoken natively by more than 90% of the population.

A Philippine language sub-family identified by Robert Blust includes languages of north Sulawesi and the Yami language of Taiwan, but excludes the Sama–Bajaw languages of the Tawi-Tawi islands, as well as a couple of North Bornean languages spoken in southern Palawan.

Eskayan is an artificial auxiliary language created as the embodiment of a Bohol nation in the aftermath of the Philippine–American War. It is used by about 500 people.

A theory that the Brahmic scripts of Sumatra, Sulawesi and the Philippines are descended from an early form of the Gujarati script was presented at the 2010 meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society.[45]

Mutual intelligibility edit

Philippine languages are often referred to by Filipinos as dialects, partly as a relic of the inaccurate vocabulary used in literature during the American period (1898–1946).[19] While there are indeed many hundreds of dialects in the Philippines, they represent variations of no fewer than 120 distinct languages, and many of these languages maintain greater differences than those between established European languages like French and Spanish.

The vast differences between the languages can be seen in the following translations of what has been asserted to be the Philippine national proverb:[46]

Language Translation
English A person who does not look back at where they came from will not get to their destination.
Spanish El que no mira hacia atrás de donde vino, no llegará a su destino.
Philippine Hokkien (Lán-nâng-ōe) Hí-gê lâng é bô khòaⁿ kāi-kī ê kiâⁿ lō͘ , é bô tang kàu lō͘. 「許個儂彼無看家己的行路,彼無當到路。」
Malaysian & Indonesian (Malay) Orang yang melupakan asal-usulnya tak mungkin mencapai tujuannya.
Aklanon Ro uwa' gatan-aw sa anang ginhalinan hay indi makaabut sa anang ginapaeangpan.
Asi (Bantoanon) Kag tawong waya giruromroma it ida ginghalinan, indi makaabot sa ida apagtuan.
Bolinao Si'ya a kai tanda' nin lumingap sa pangibwatan na, kai ya mirate' sa keen na.
Bontoc (Ifuntok) Nan Adi mang ustsong sinan narpuwan na, adi untsan isnan umayan na.
Botolan Hay ahe nin nanlek ha pinag-ibatan, ay ahe makarateng ha lalakwen.
Butuanon Kadtong dili kahibalo molingi sa iyang gigikanan, dili makaabot sa iyang adtu-an.
West Miraya Bikol (Ligao) Kan idi tatao magkiling sa inalian, idi makaabot sa papaidtuhan.
Buhinon Bikol (Buhi) Yu di nikiling sa pinagalinan, di makaantos sa pupuntahan.
Central Bikol (Canaman) An dai tataong magsalingoy sa saiyang ginikanan, dai makakaabot sa padudumanan.
Gubatnon Bikol (Gubat) An diri maaram mag-imud sa pinaghalian, diri makaabot sa pakakadtu-an.
East Miraya Bikol (Daraga) Su indi tataw makarumdom nung ginitan, indi makaabot sa adunan.
West Miraya Bikol (Oas) Kan na taw na idi tataw maglinguy sa sanyang inalian, idi man maka abot sa sanyang paidtunan.
Rinconada Bikol (Iriga) A dirī tattaoŋ maglīlî sa pinaŋgalinan, dirī makaaābot sa pig-iyānan.
Capiznon Ang indi kabalo magbalikid sa iya ginhalinan, indi makalab-ot sa iya palakadtuan.
Cebuano Bohol (Binol-anon) Sija nga dî kahibáwng molíngì sa íjang gigikánan, dî gajod makaabot sa íjang padulngan.
Cebuano (Metro Cebu Variety) Ang dî kahibáw molíngis' íyang gigikánan, dî gyud makaabots' íyang padulngan.
Cebuano (Sialo-Carcar Standard) Ang dílì kahibalo molíngì sa iyáhang gigikánan, dílì gayod makaabot sa iyáhang padulngan.
Chavacano Caviteño Quien no ta bira cara na su origen no de incarsa na su destinación.
Chavacano Ternateño Ay nung sabi mira i donde ya bini no di llega na destinación.
Chavacano Zamboangueño El Quien no sabe vira el cara na su origen, nunca llega na su destinación.
Cuyonon Ang ara agabalikid sa anang ing-alinan, indi enged maka-abot sa anang papakonan.
Ibanag I tolay nga ari mallipay ta naggafuananna, ari makadde ta angayanna.
Ilokano Ti tao nga saan na ammo tumaliaw iti naggapuanna ket saan nga makadanon iti papananna.
Itawis Ya tolay nga mari mallipay tsa naggafuananna, mari makakandet tsa angayanna.
Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) Ang indi kabalo magbalikid sang iya nga ginhalinan, indi makaabot sa iya nga pakadtuan.
Jama Mapun Soysoy niya' pandoy ngantele' patulakan ne, niya' ta'abut katakkahan ne.
Kapampangan Ing e byasang malikid king kayang penibatan, e ya miras king kayang pupuntalan.
Kabalian An dili kahibayu mulingi sa ija gigikanan, dili makaabot sa ija pasingdan/paduyungan.
Kinaray-a Ang indi kamaan magbalikid sa ana ginhalinan, indi makaabot sa ana paaragtunan.
Manobo (Obo) Iddos minuvu no konnod kotuig nod loingoy to id pomonan din,
konna mandad od poko-uma riyon tod undiyonnan din.
Maranao So tao a di matao domingil ko poonan iyan na di niyan kakowa so singanin iyan.
Masbateño An dili maaram maglingi sa ginhalian, kay dili makaabot sa kakadtuhan.
Pangasinan Say toon agga onlingao ed pinanlapuan to, agga makasabi'd laen to.
Romblomanon (Ini) Ang tawo nga bukon tigo mag lingig sa iya guinghalinan hay indi makasampot sa iya ning pagakadtoan.
Sambali Hay kay tanda mamanomtom ha pinangibatan, kay immabot sa kakaon.
Sangil Tao mata taya mabiling su pubuakengnge taya dumanta su kadam tangi.
Sinama Ya Aa ga-i tau pa beleng ni awwal na, ga-i du sab makasong ni maksud na.
Surigaonon Adton dili mahibayo molingi sa ija ing-gikanan, dili gajod makaabot sa ija pasingdan.
Sorsoganon An diri mag-imud sa pinaghalian diri makaabot sa kakadtuan.
Tagalog (Tayabas) Ang hindi maalam lumingon sa pinaroonan ay hindi makakarating sa paroroonan.
Tagalog (Manila) Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makararating (makakarating) sa paroroonan.
Tausug In di' maingat lumingi' pa bakas liyabayan niya, di' makasampay pa kadtuun niya.
Waray (Leyte) An diri maaram lumingi ha tinikangan, diri maulpot ha kakadtoan.
Waray (Northern Samar) An diri maaram lumingi sa tinikangan, diri maabot sa kakadtuan.
Yakan Mang gey matau mamayam si bakas palaihan nen, gey tekka si papilihan nen.

Dialectal variation edit

The amount of dialectal variation varies from language to language. Languages like Tagalog, Kapampangan and Pangasinan are known to have very moderate dialectal variation.

For the languages of the Bicol Region, however, there is great dialectal variation. There are cities and towns which have their own dialects and varieties. Below is the sentence "Were you there at the market for a long time?" translated into certain varieties of Bikol. The translation is followed by dialect and corresponding language, and a city/town in Bicol where they are spoken. The final translation is in Tagalog.

Comparison chart edit

Below is a chart of Philippine languages. While there have been misunderstandings on which ones should be classified as language and which ones should be classified as dialect, the chart confirms that most have similarities, yet are not mutually comprehensible. These languages are arranged according to the regions they are natively spoken (from north to south, then east to west).

English one two three four person house dog coconut day new we (inclusive) what and
Ivatan asa dadowa tatdo apat tao vahay chito niyoy araw va-yo yaten ango kan
Ilokano maysa dua tallo uppat tao balay aso inyog aldaw baro datayo ania ken
Ifuntok əsang tswa Tulo əpat tacu Afong aso inyog acəw falu tsattaku ngag ya
Ibanag tadday dua tallu appa' tolay balay kitu inniuk aggaw bagu sittam anni anne
Gaddang tata addwa tallo appat tolay balay atu ayog aw bawu ikkanetem sanenay e
Pangasinan sakey duara talora apatira too abong aso niyog agew balo sikatayo anto tan/et
Kapampangan métung adwá atlú ápat taú bale ásu ngungút aldó bayu ikátamú nanú ampong/at
Sambal saya rwa tolo àpat tawu balè aso ungut awro bâ-yo udèng ani tan
Tagalog isa dalawa tatlo apat tao bahay aso niyog araw bago tayo / kami ano at
Coastal Bikol saro duwa tulo apat tawo harong ido niyog aldaw ba-go kita ano asin, buda
Rinconada Bikol əsad darwā tolō əpat tawō baləy ayam noyog aldəw bāgo kitā onō ag, sagkəd, sakâ
West Miraya Bikol sad duwa tulo upat taw balõy ayam nuyog aldõw bâgo kita, sato uno dangan, mî, saka
East Miraya Bikol usad duwa tulo upat taw balay ayam nuyog aldaw bâgo kita, satun, kami uno dangan, mî, saka, kina
Masbateño usad duha tulo upat tawo balay ido buko, lubi aldaw bag-o kita, kami, amon nano kag
Romblomanon isa duha tuyo upat tawo bayay ayam niyog adlaw bag-o kita, aton ano kag
Bantoanon usa ruha tuyo upat tawo bayay iro nidog adlaw bag-o kita, ato ni-o ag
Onhan isya darwa tatlo apat tawo balay ayam niyog adlaw bag-o kita, taton ano ag
Kinaray-a sara darwa tatlo apat taho balay ayam niyog adlaw bag-o kita, taten ano, iwan kag
Hiligaynon isa duha tatlo apat tawo balay ido lubi adlaw bag-o kita ano kag
Cebuano usa duha tulo upat tawo balay iro lubi adlaw bag-o kita unsa ug
Kabalian usa duha tuyo upat tawo bayay ido lubi adlaw bag-o kita uno ug
Waray usa duha tulo upat tawo balay ayam lubi adlaw bag-o kita ano ngan, ug
Surigaonon isa duha tuyo upat tao bayay idu Niyog adlaw bag-o kami unu sanan
Maguindanao isa duwa telu pat taw walay aso niyug gay bagu tanu ngin engu
T'boli sotu lewu tlu fat tau gunu ohu lefo kdaw lomi tekuy tedu ne
Tausug hambuuk duwa tu upat tau bay iru' niyug adlaw ba-gu kitaniyu unu iban
Chavacano uno dos tres cuatro gente casa perro coco dia nuevo Zamboangueño: nosotros/kita;
Bahra: mijotros/motros;
Caviteño: nisos
cosá/ qué y/e
Spanish uno dos tres cuatro persona casa perro coco día nuevo nosotros que y/e
Philippine Hokkien it / tsi̍t (一) dī (二) / nňg (兩) saⁿ (三) sì (四) lâng (儂) tshù (厝) káu (狗) iâ (椰) / iâ-á (椰仔) di̍t (日) sin (新) lán (咱) siám-mih (啥物) kap (佮) / ka̍h (交)

There is a language spoken by the Tao people (also known as Yami) of Orchid Island of Taiwan which is not included in the language of the Philippines. Their language, Tao (or Yami) is part of the Batanic languages which includes Ivatan, Babuyan, and Itbayat of the Batanes.

English one two three four person house dog coconut day new we what
Tao ása dóa (raroa) tílo (tatlo) ápat tao vahay gara ngata araw vayo tata vela
Ivatan asa dadowa tatdo apat tao vahay chito niyoy / gata araw va-yo yaten ango

Native speakers edit

Below are the numbers of Filipinos who speak the following 20 languages as their native languages based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing[44] by the Philippine Statistics Authority. The number of speakers of each language is calculated from the reported number of households by assuming an average household size of 4.1 persons as of 2020.[47][discuss]

Native languages in the Philippines

  Tagalog (39.9%)
  Cebuano/Bisaya/Binisaya/Boholano (22.5%)
  Hiligaynon (7.3%)
  Ilocano (7.1%)
  Bicolano (3.9%)
  Waray (2.6%)
  Kapampangan (2.4%)
  Maguindanao (1.4%)
  Pangasinan (1.3%)
  Tausug/Bahasa Sug (1%)
  Maranao (1%)
  Others (9.6%)
Language ISO 639–3 Native speakers
Tagalog tl 43,142,279
Cebuano/Bisaya/Binisaya/Boholano ceb 25,584,734
Hiligaynon hil 7,927,399
Ilocano ilo 7,639,977
Bicolano bik 4,237,174
Waray war 2,864,855
Kapampangan pam 2,622,717
Maguindanao mdh 1,496,631
Pangasinan pag 1,372,512
Tausug tsg 1,129,419
Maranao mrw 1,123,851
Karay-a krj 601,987
Aklanon/Bukidnon/Binukid-Akeanon akl, mlz 545,796
Masbateño msb 524,341
Surigaonon sgd 466,022
Zamboangueño cbk 428,327
Kankanaey kne 291,125
Sama/Samal ssb, sml, sse, slm 274,602
B'laan/Blaan bpr, bps 272,539
Ibanag ibg 257,628
Iranon/Iranun/Iraynon ilp 230,113

By households edit

Below are the country's top ten languages by the number of households in which they are spoken, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. There are a total of 26,388,654 households in the country.[44]

Language Number of Households %
Tagalog 10,522,507 39.9
Bisaya/Binisaya 4,214,122 16.0
Hiligaynon/Ilonggo 1,933,512 7.3
Ilocano 1,863,409 7.1
Cebuano 1,716,080 6.5
Bikol 1,033,457 3.9
Waray 698,745 2.6
Kapampangan 639,687 2.4
Maguindanao 365,032 1.4
Pangasinan/Panggalato 334,759 1.3
Others^ ~2,950,000 11.2

^Boholano, Tausug/Bahasa Sug, Maranao, Karay-a/Kinaray-a, Bukidnon/Binukid-Akeanon/Aklanon, Masbateño/ Masbatenon, Surigaonon, and Zamboagueño-Chavacano

Negrito languages edit

Language vitality edit

2010 UNESCO designation edit

Endangered and extinct languages in the Philippines are based on the 3rd world volume released by UNESCO in 2010.

Degree of endangerment (UNESCO standard)

  • Safe: language is spoken by all generations; intergenerational transmission is uninterrupted
  • Vulnerable: most children speak the language, but it may be restricted to certain domains (e.g., home)
  • Definitely endangered: children no longer learn the language as mother tongue in the home
  • Severely endangered: language is spoken by grandparents and older generations; while the parent generation may understand it, they do not speak it to children or among themselves
  • Critically endangered: the youngest speakers are grandparents and older, and they speak the language partially and infrequently
  • Extinct: there are no speakers left. These languages are included in the Atlas if presumably extinct since the 1950s
Vulnerable languages
Language Speakers
(in 2000)
Province Coordinates ISO 639–3 Code(s) Source
Central Cagayan Agta 779 Cagayan 17°59′21″N 121°51′37″E / 17.9891°N 121.8603°E / 17.9891; 121.8603 agt UNESCO 2000
Dupaninan Agta 1400 Cagayan 17°58′06″N 122°02′10″E / 17.9682°N 122.0361°E / 17.9682; 122.0361 duo David Bradley (UNESCO 2000)
Definitely endangered
Language Speakers
(in 2000)
Province Coordinates ISO 639–3 Code(s) Source
Bataan Agta 500 Bataan 14°25′57″N 120°28′44″E / 14.4324°N 120.4788°E / 14.4324; 120.4788 ayt David Bradley (UNESCO 2000)
Mt. Iraya Agta 150 Camarines Sur 13°27′32″N 123°32′48″E / 13.459°N 123.5467°E / 13.459; 123.5467 atl David Bradley (UNESCO 2000)
Batak 200 Palawan 10°06′29″N 119°00′00″E / 10.1081°N 119°E / 10.1081; 119 bya David Bradley (UNESCO 2000)
Severely endangered
Language Speakers
(in 2000)
Province Coordinates ISO 639–3 Code(s) Source
Faire Atta 300 Ilocos Norte 18°01′37″N 120°29′34″E / 18.027°N 120.4929°E / 18.027; 120.4929 azt David Bradley (UNESCO 2000)
Northern Alta 200 Aurora 15°42′58″N 121°24′31″E / 15.7162°N 121.4085°E / 15.7162; 121.4085 agn David Bradley (UNESCO 2000)
Camarines Norte Agta 150 Camarines Norte 14°00′49″N 122°53′14″E / 14.0135°N 122.8873°E / 14.0135; 122.8873 abd David Bradley (UNESCO 2000)
Critically endangered
Language Speakers
(in 2000)
Province Coordinates ISO 639–3 Code(s) Source
Alabat Island Agta 30 Quezon 14°07′15″N 122°01′42″E / 14.1209°N 122.0282°E / 14.1209; 122.0282 dul David Bradley (UNESCO 2000)
Isarog Agta 5 Camarines Sur 13°40′50″N 123°22′50″E / 13.6805°N 123.3805°E / 13.6805; 123.3805 agk David Bradley (UNESCO 2000)
Southern Ayta (Sorsogon Ayta) 150 Sorsogon 13°01′37″N 124°09′18″E / 13.027°N 124.1549°E / 13.027; 124.1549 ays David Bradley (UNESCO 2000)
Extinct
Language Speakers
(in 2000)
Province Coordinates ISO 639–3 Code(s) Source
Dicamay Agta
(Dumagat, Dicamay Dumagat)
0 Isabela 16°41′59″N 122°01′00″E / 16.6998°N 122.0167°E / 16.6998; 122.0167 duy David Bradley (UNESCO 2000)
Arta 0 near Isabela-Quirino Border 16°25′21″N 121°42′15″E / 16.4225°N 121.7042°E / 16.4225; 121.7042 atz David Bradley (UNESCO 2000)
Katabaga 0 Quezon 13°26′12″N 122°33′25″E / 13.4366°N 122.5569°E / 13.4366; 122.5569 ktq David Bradley (UNESCO 2000)
Ata 0 Negros Oriental 9°36′29″N 122°54′56″E / 9.6081°N 122.9155°E / 9.6081; 122.9155 atm David Bradley (UNESCO 2000)

2014 North Dakota study edit

In a separate study by Thomas N. Headland, the Summer Institute of Linguistics in Dallas, and the University of North Dakota called Thirty Endangered Languages in the Philippines, the Philippines has 32 endangered languages, but 2 of the listed languages in the study are written with 0 speakers, noting that they are extinct or probably extinct. All of the listed languages are Negrito languages, the oldest languages in the Philippines.[48]

Language General location
of speakers[48]
Population of speakers
in the 1990s[48]
Bibliographic source[48]
Batak Palawan Island 386 Elder 1987
Mamanwa Mindoro Island 1000 Grimes 2000
Ati Northern Panay Island 30 Pennoyer 1987:4
Ati Southern Panay Island 900 Pennoyer 1987:4
Ata Negros Island 450 Cadelina 1980:96
Ata Mabinay, Negros Oriental 25 Grimes 2000
Atta Pamplona, western Cagayan 1000 Grimes 2000
Atta Faire-Rizal, western Cagayan 400 Grimes 2000
Atta Pudtol, Kalinga-Apayao 100 Grimes 2000
Ayta Sorsogon 40 Grimes 2000
Agta (extinct, unverified) Villaviciosa, Abra 0 Grimes 2000; Reid, per. com. 2001
Abenlen Tarlac 6000 K. Storck SIL files
Mag-anchi Zambales Tarlac, Pampanga 4166 K. Storck SIL files
Mag-indi Zambales, Pampanga 3450 K. Storck SIL files
Ambala Zambales, Pampanga, Bataan 1654 K. Storck SIL files
Magbeken Bataan 381 K. Storck SIL files
Agta Isarog, Camarines Sur (noted as nearly extinct) 1000 Grimes 2000
Agta Mt. Iraya & Lake Buhi east, Camarines Sur (has 4 close dialects) 200 Grimes 2000
Agta Mt. Iriga & Lake Buhi west, Camarines Sur 1500 Grimes 2000
Agta Camarines Norte 200 Grimes 2000
Agta Alabat Island, southern Quezon 50 Grimes 2000
Agta Umirey, Quezon (with 3 close dialects) 3000 T. MacLeod SIL files
Agta Casiguran, northern Aurora 609 Headland 1989
Agta Maddela, Quirino 300 Headland field notes
Agta Palanan & Divilacan, Isabela 856 Rai 1990: 176
Agta San Mariano-Sisabungan, Isabela 377 Rai 1990: 176
Agta (noted as recently extinct) Dicamay, Jones, Isabela 0 Headland field notes, and Grimes 2000
Arta Aglipay, Quirino 11 (30 in 1977) Headland field notes, and Reid 1994:40
Alta Northern Aurora 250 Reid, per. comm.
Alta Northern Quezon 400 Reid, per. comm.
Agta eastern Cagayan, Supaninam (several close dialects) 1200 T. Nickell 1985:119
Agta central Cagayan 800 Mayfield 1987:vii-viii; Grimes 2000

Proposals to conserve Philippine languages edit

 
Stair risers showing some of the different regional languages used in the Philippines, from top to bottom: Filipino, Tagalog/ Filipino (written in Baybayin), Cebuano, Bicolano, Ilocano, Kapampangan, and Hiligaynon. The statement, when roughly translated to English, means "[Let us] meet and join. Christmas is fun in UP Manila."

There have been numerous proposals to conserve the many languages of the Philippines. According to the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino, there are 135 ethnolinguistic groups in the country, each having their own distinct Philippine language.

Among the proposals include (1) "establishing a dictionary & sentence construction manual" for each of the 135 living languages in the country, (2) "video documentation" of all Philippine languages, (3) "revival of the ancient scripts of the Philippines" where each ethnic group's own script shall be revived and used in schools along with the currently-used Roman script in communities where those script/s used to be known, (4) "teaching of ethnic mother languages first" in homes and schools before the teaching of Filipino and foreign languages (English, Spanish, and/or Arabic), and (5) "using the ethnic mother language and script first in public signs" followed by Filipino and foreign languages (English, Spanish, and/or Arabic) and scripts, for example, using Cebuano first followed by Filipino and English underneath the sign.

Currently, only the fourth proposal has been made by the national government of the Philippines.[49] A National Script bill has been filed in Congress in support of the third and fifth proposal, however, the bill only mandates the usage of the ancient script compatible with the national language, which is Filipino.[50]

Major immigrant languages edit

French, German, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Korean, and Spanish are taught in some public and private schools.[51][52]

Arabic edit

Arabic is used by some Filipino Muslims in both a liturgical and instructional capacity since the arrival of Islam and establishment of several Sultanates in the 14th century. Along with Malay, Arabic was the lingua franca of the Malay Archipelago among Muslim traders and the Malay aristocracy.[citation needed]

The 1987 Constitution mandates that Arabic (along with Spanish) is to be promoted on an optional and voluntary basis. As of 2015 Arabic is taught for free and is promoted in some Islamic centres predominantly in the southernmost parts of Philippines. It is used primarily in religious activities and education (such as in a madrasa or Islamic school) and rarely for official events or daily conversation. In this respect, its function and use is somewhat like the traditional roles of Latin and Spanish in Filipino Catholicism vis-à-vis other currently spoken languages.

Islamic schools in Mindanao teach Modern Standard Arabic in their curriculum.[53]

English edit

The first significant exposure of Filipinos to the English language occurred in 1762 when the British invaded Manila during the Seven Years' War, but this was a brief episode that had no lasting influence. English later became more important and widespread during American rule between 1898 and 1946, and remains an official language of the Philippines.

On August 22, 2007, three Malolos City regional trial courts in Bulacan decided to use Filipino, instead of English, in order to promote the national language. Twelve 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 former Chief Justice Reynato Puno to implement the program in other areas such as Laguna, Cavite, Quezón, Nueva Écija, Batangas, Rizal, and Metro Manila.[54]

English is used in official documents of business, government, the legal system, medicine, the sciences and as a medium of instruction. Filipinos prefer textbooks for subjects like calculus, physics, chemistry, biology, etc., written in English rather than Filipino.[dubious ] However, the topics are usually taught, even in colleges, in Tagalog or the local language. By way of contrast, native languages are often heard in colloquial and domestic settings, spoken mostly with family and friends. The use of English attempts to give an air of formality, given its use in school, government and various ceremonies.[citation needed] A percentage of the media such as cable television and newspapers are also in English; major television networks such as ABS-CBN and GMA and all AM radio stations broadcast primarily in Filipino, as well as government-run stations like PTV and the Philippine Broadcasting Service. However, a 2009 article by a UNICEF worker reported that the level of spoken English language in the Philippines was poor. The article reported that aspiring Filipino teachers score the lowest in English out of all of the subjects on their licensing exams.[55]

A large influx of English (American English) words have been assimilated into Tagalog and the other native languages called Taglish or Bislish. There is a debate, however, on whether there is diglossia or bilingualism, between Filipino and English. Filipino is also used both in formal and informal situations. Though the masses would prefer to speak in Filipino, government officials tend to speak in English when performing government functions.[according to whom?] There is still resistance to the use of Filipino in courts and the drafting of national statutes.

In parts of Mindanao, English and Tagalog blend with Cebuano to form "Davao Tagalog".[56]

Hokkien edit

Diplomatic ties with the Ming dynasty among some established states or kingdoms in Luzon and direct interactions and trade overall within the archipelago as a whole may go as far back as the early 10th century during the Song dynasty. Mandarin Chinese is the medium of instruction and subject matter being taught for Chinese class in Chinese schools in the Philippines. However, the Lan-nang-ue variant of Hokkien Chinese is the majority household and heritage language of the overseas Chinese in the Philippines, who for generations originally mostly trace roots from Southern Fujian (pronounced locally as Fukien or Hokkien) province in China. Other varieties of Chinese such as Yue Chinese (especially Taishanese or Cantonese), Teochew, and Hakka are spoken among a minority of Chinese Filipinos whose ancestral roots trace all the way back from the Guangdong or Guangxi provinces of Southern China. Most Chinese Filipinos raised in the Philippines, especially those of families of who have lived in the Philippines for multiple generations, are typically able and usually primarily speak Philippine English and/or Filipino (Tagalog) and/or other regional Philippine languages (i.e. Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, etc.), or the code-switching or code-mixing of these, such as Taglish or Bislish, but Philippine Hokkien is typically or occasionally used within Chinese Filipino households privately amongst family or acts a heritage language among descendants of such. Hokaglish is the code-switching equivalent of the above languages.

As with Spanish, many native languages have co-opted numerous loanwords from Chinese, in particular words that refer to cuisine, household objects, and Philippine kinship terminology.

Japanese edit

The Japanese first came to the Philippines around the 11th century CE, the first country they emigrated to, as well as in waves from the 15th century (as depicted in the Boxer Codex) 17th century, late 19th century, 1900s, 1930s, and the 1940s.[57][58][59][60][61] There is a small Japanese community and a school for Japanese in Metro Manila due to the number of Japanese companies. Also there is a large community of Japanese and Japanese descendants in Laguna province, Baguio, and in the Davao Region. Davao City is a home to a large population of Japanese descendants. Japanese laborers were hired by American companies like the National Fiber Company (NAFCO) in the first decades of the 20th century to work in abaca plantations. Japanese were known for their hard work and industry. During World War II to present, Japanese schools are present in Davao City, such as Philippine Nikkei Jin Kai International School (PNJK IS).

Korean edit

Korean is mainly spoken by the expatriates from South Korea and people born in the Philippines with Korean ancestry. The Korean language has been added under the Department of Education (DepEd) Special Program in Foreign Language (SPFL) curriculum, together with Spanish, French, German, Chinese, and Japanese.[62]

Malay edit

Malay is spoken as a second language by a minority of the Tausug, Sama-Bajau, and Yakan peoples in the southernmost parts of the Philippines, from Zamboanga down to Tawi-Tawi.[citation needed] It is also spoken as a daily language by the Malaysians and Indonesians who have settled, or do business in the Philippines. It is also spoken in southern Palawan to some extent. It is not spoken among the Maranao and Maguindanao peoples. Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia and the southern Philippines are largely Islamic and the liturgical language of Islam is Arabic, but the vast majority of Muslims in the Philippines have little practical knowledge of Arabic beyond limited religious terminology.

The Malay language, a Malayo-Polynesian language alongside the Philippine languages, has had an immense influence on many of the languages of the Philippines. This is because Old Malay used to be the lingua franca throughout the archipelago, a good example of this is Magellan's translator Enrique using Malay to converse with the native Sugbuanon (Cebuano) during this time period.

An example of Old Malay spoken in Philippine history can be seen in the language of the 10th century Laguna Copperplate Inscription.

When the Spanish had first arrived in the Philippines in the 16th century, Old Malay was spoken among the aristocracy.

It is believed that Ferdinand Magellan's slave Enrique of Malacca could converse with the local leaders in Cebu Island, confirming to Magellan his arrival in Southeast Asia.

Today, Indonesian is taught as a foreign language in the Department of Linguistics and Asian Languages in the University of the Philippines. Also, the Indonesian School in Davao City teaches the language to preserve the culture of Indonesian immigrants there. The Indonesian Embassy in Manila also offers occasional classes for Filipinos and foreigners.

Since 2013, the Indonesian Embassy in the Philippines has given basic Indonesian language training to members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.[63]

In an interview, Department of Education Secretary Armin Luistro[33] said that the country's government should promote Indonesian and Malaysian, which are both related to Filipino and other Philippine languages. Thus, the possibility of offering it as an optional subject in public schools is being studied.

South Asian languages edit

Since pre-Spanish times, there have been small Indian communities in the Philippines. Indians tend to be able to speak Tagalog and the other native languages, and are often fluent in English. Among themselves, Sindhi and Punjabi are used. Urdu is spoken among the Pakistani community. Only few South Asians, such as Pakistani, as well as the recent newcomers like speakers of Tamil, Nepali and Marathi retain their own respective languages.[58][64][65][66][67][68]

Spanish edit

Spanish was introduced in the islands after 1565, when the Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi set sail from Mexico and founded the first Spanish settlement on Cebú. Though its usage is not as widespread as before, Spanish has had a significant influence in the various local Philippine languages such as providing numerous loan words.[55] Several Spanish-based creole language varieties collectively known as Chabacano have also emerged. The current 1987 constitution makes mention of Spanish in which it provides that Spanish (along with Arabic) is to be promoted on an optional and voluntary basis.

In 1593, the first printing press in the Philippine islands was founded and it released the first (albeit polyglot) book, the Doctrina Christiana that same year. In the 17th century, Spanish religious orders founded the first universities in the Philippines, some of which are considered the oldest in Asia. During colonial rule through Mexico, Spanish was the language of education, trade, politics, and religion, and by the 19th century, became the colony's lingua franca although it was mainly used by the educated Filipinos.[69] In 1863, a Spanish decree introduced a system of public education, creating free public schooling in Spanish. In the 1890s, the Philippines had a prominent group of Spanish-speaking scholars called the Ilustrados, such as José Rizal. Some of these scholars participated in the Philippine Revolution and later in the struggle against American occupation. Both the Malolos Constitution and the Lupang Hinirang (national anthem) were written in Spanish.

Under U.S. rule, the English language began to be promoted instead of Spanish. The use of Spanish began to decline as a result of the introduction of English into the public schools as a language of instruction.[15] The 1935 constitution establishing the Philippine Commonwealth designated both English and Spanish as official languages. The 1950 census stated that Filipinos who spoke Spanish as a first or second language made up only 6% of the population. In 1990, the census reported that the number had dwindled to just 2,500 native speakers. A 2020 estimate indicated that about 400,000 Filipinos (less than 0.5% of the population) have working knowledge of the language.[70]

Spanish briefly lost its status as an official language upon promulgation of the 1973 constitution but regained official status two months later when President Marcos signed Presidential Decree No. 155.[20] In the 1987 constitution, Spanish is designated as an "optional and voluntary language" but does not mention it as an "official language". Spanish was dropped as a college requirement during Corazón Aquino's administration. Former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, a third-language Spanish speaker, introduced legislation to re-establish the instruction of Spanish in 2009 in the state education system. Today, the language is still spoken by Filipino-Spanish mestizos and Spanish families who are mainly concentrated in Metro Manila, Iloilo and Cebu. It remains an optional subject in some academic institutions, such as the University of Santo Tomás in Manila and the University of San Carlos in Cebu.

Up until recently, many historical documents, land titles, and works of literature were written in Spanish and not translated into Filipino languages or English. Spanish, through colonization has contributed the largest number of loanwords and expressions in Tagalog, Cebuano, and other Philippine languages.[71] The Academia Filipina de la Lengua Española (Philippine Academy of the Spanish Language), established in 1924, is a founding member of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language; an association of the various Spanish academies of the world which cooperate in the standardizing and promotion of the Spanish language. Among its past and present academics are former President Arroyo, former Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo, and Archbishop of Cebú Cardinal Ricardo Vidal.

Spanish creoles edit

There are several Spanish-based creole languages in the Philippines, collectively called Chavacano. These may be split into two major geographical groups:

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