This article is about the national language of the Philippines. For an overview of all languages spoken in the Philippines, see Languages of the Philippines.
Filipino
Manila Tagalog
Wikang Filipino
Pronunciation
[ˈwi.kɐŋfi.liˈpi.no̞]
Native to
Philippines
Region
All of the regions of the Philippines, especially in Metro Manila, the National Capital Region, and in other urban centers in the archipelago
Ethnicity
Filipinos
Native speakers
see Tagalog language
Language family
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine
Greater Central Philippine
Central Philippine
Kasiguranin–Tagalog
Tagalog
Filipino
Early forms
Proto-Philippine
Old Tagalog
Tagalog
Writing system
Latin (Filipino alphabet) Philippine Braille
Official status
Official language in
Philippines
Recognised minority language in
United States Malaysia United Arab Emirates
Regulated by
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-2
fil
ISO 639-3
fil
Glottolog
fili1244
Linguasphere
31-CKA-aa
Countries with more than 500,000 speakers
Countries with between 100,000–500,000 speakers
Countries where it is spoken by minor communities
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Filipino (English: /ˌfɪlɪˈpiːnoʊ/ⓘ, FIH-lih-PEE-noh;[1]Wikang Filipino, [ˈwi.kɐŋfi.liˈpi.no̞]) is a language under the Austronesian language family. It is the national language (Wikang pambansa / Pambansang wika) of the Philippines, and one of the two official languages (Wikang opisyal/Opisyal na wika) of the country, with English.[2] It is a standardized variety of Tagalog[3] based on the native dialect, spoken and written, in Metro Manila, the National Capital Region, and in other urban centers of the archipelago.[4] The 1987 Constitution mandates that Filipino be further enriched and developed by the other languages of the Philippines.[5]
Filipino, like other Austronesian languages, commonly uses verb-subject-object order, but can also use subject-verb-object order. Filipino follows the trigger system of morphosyntactic alignment that is also common among Austronesian languages. It has head-initial directionality. It is an agglutinative language but can also display inflection. It is not a tonal language and can be considered a pitch-accent language and a syllable-timed language. It has nine basic parts of speech.
^"English pronunciation of Filipino".
^Constitution of the Philippines 1987, Article XIV, Sections 6 and 7
^Nolasco, Ricardo Ma. (August 24, 2007). "Filipino and Tagalog, Not So Simple". svillafania.philippinepen.ph. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^Pineda, Ponciano B.P.; Cubar, Ernesto H.; Buenaobra, Nita P.; Gonzalez, Andrew B.; Hornedo, Florentino H.; Sarile, Angela P.; Sibayan, Bonifacio P. (May 13, 1992). "Resolusyon Blg 92-1" [Resolution No. 92-1]. Commission on the Filipino Language (in Tagalog). Retrieved May 22, 2014. Ito ay ang katutubong wika, pasalita at pasulat, sa Metro Manila, ang Pambansang Punong Rehiyon, at sa iba pang sentrong urban sa arkipelago, na ginagamit bilang.
^Commission on the Filipino Language Act 1991, Section 2
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