What language was spoken in the Philippines before colonization?

Philippine Spanish Spanish was the official language of the Philippines from the beginning of Spanish rule in the late 16th century, until sometime during the Philippine–American War (1899-1902) and remained co-official, along with English, until 1973.

Why is Tagalog the national language of the Philippines?

It is the native tongue of the people in the Tagalog region in the northern island Luzon. It was declared the basis for the national language in 1937 by then President of the Commonwealth Republic, Manuel L. Quezon and it was renamed Pilipino in 1959.

What language group is Tagalog?

Austronesian
Tagalog language, member of the Central Philippine branch of the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family and the base for Pilipino, an official language of the Philippines, together with English. It is most closely related to Bicol and the Bisayan (Visayan) languages—Cebuano, Hiligaynon (Ilongo), and Samar.

What are the different languages in the Philippines?

Filipino
English
Philippines/Official languages

The Philippines has 8 major dialects. Listed in the figure from top to bottom: Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon (Ilonggo), Ilocano, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Tagalog, and Waray. The language being taught all over the Philippines is Tagalog and English.

Did a pre-colonial Philippines existed even before Spain?

Before the Spanish colonized the Philippines, there existed a 500-year long tradition of indigenous feminism that predated women’s liberation in the West. Babaylans in some Lumad communities even rely on female babaylans to prove themselves physically capable of wielding weapons in defense of their land.

Was there a pre-colonial Filipino nation?

The cultural achievements of pre-colonial Philippines include those covered by the prehistory and the early history (900–1521) of the Philippine archipelago’s inhabitants, the pre-colonial forebears of today’s Filipino people.

Where is Tagalog spoken in the Philippines?

It is spoken in central and southern Luzon, in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, and on some of the other islands. According to the Philippine Census of 2000, 21.5 million people claim Tagalog as their first language. In addition, it is estimated that 50 million Filipinos speak Tagalog as a second language.

Why do Filipinos speak Tagalog instead of other languages?

Because Filipino was influenced by many other languages in the history of the Philippines. Tagalog dialect is originally from the southern part of Luzon in the Philippines and it is mostly spoken in the capital of Manila Philippines. The Tagalog language is one of the major dialects that most Filipino speak in the Philippines.

How many dialects are there in the Philippines?

Somehow the Philippines has an 8 majors dialect. The Tagalog language is basically taught in school and serves as the main language in the Philippines. The Tagalog or Filipino language is used in written communication and for all official documents. Cebuano.

What is the second language in the Philippines?

In the Philippines the national language is Tagalog and the second language that almost Filipino speak is the English language. But somehow when you travel to the Philippines in different places or provinces there are many dialects that Filipino can speak aside from Tagalog and English.

What is the first official language in the Philippines?

Main article: Filipino language. Diariong Tagalog (Tagalog Newspaper), the first bilingual newspaper in the Philippines founded in 1882 written in both Tagalog and Spanish. Tagalog was declared the official language by the first revolutionary constitution in the Philippines, the Constitution of Biak-na-Bato in 1897.