Filipino language

Filipino
Filipino
Standard Tagalog
Wikang Filipino
Pronunciation	[ˈwikɐŋ filiˈpino]
Native to	Philippines
Region	All regions of the Philippines, especially in Metro Manila, and in other urban centers in the archipelago
Native speakers	L1: 29 million (2010); L2: 54 million (2020); Total: 83 million
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; Baybayin (developing)
Official status
Official language in	Philippines
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

Filipino (English: /ˌfɪlɪˈpiːnoʊ/ ^ⓘ FIL-ih-PEE-noh;^[1] Wikang Filipino [ˈwikɐŋ filiˈpino]) is the national language of the Philippines, the main lingua franca, and one of the two official languages of the country, along with English.^[2] It is a de facto standardized form of the Tagalog language,^[3] as 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 common among Philippine 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". Santiago Villafania. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
^ 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

[Cambridge_Dictionary_English_pronunciation-1] "English pronunciation of Filipino".

[1987_constitution_art_14_sec_6-7-2] Constitution of the Philippines 1987, Article XIV, Sections 6 and 7

[Filipino-Tagalog-Not-So-Simple-3] Nolasco, Ricardo Ma. (August 24, 2007). "Filipino and Tagalog, Not So Simple". Santiago Villafania. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2019.

[Resolution-92-1-4] 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.

[5] Commission on the Filipino Language Act 1991, Section 2

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