How many languages are spoken in the Philippines and what are the official languages of the Philippines?

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nxllie · Answer

There are over 170 all in all but the major ones are Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon (Ilonggo), Ilocano, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Tagalog, and Waray. Official languages are Filipino and English

JamskieQT · Answer

Tagalog is the most common here

Don_Miguel · Answer

taken from a previous answer of mine:

Tagalog is a language spoken in the northern island of Luzón. It is native to that area. When the Philippine government wanted to create a national language for all citizens to speak, they invented a language called "Filipino". The Filipino language was invented and created by using Tagalog as the base language. The goal of the invented Filipino language is to have it evolve by incorporating elements from other languages whether other Philippine languages or not. The problem is, the constructed Filipino language cannot evolve because it is being regulated by the Commission on the Filipino language, an organization that oversees the invented language. As of today, the Filipino language is still comprehensible to Tagalog speakers, so the Filipino language is a dialect of Tagalog in that manner. A form of the Filipino language is also Taglish, because the Filipino language allows elements from other languages too, so Taglish is a type of Filipino dialect.

In our country we have over 150+ languages spoken. 
The official languages are English and Filipino. 
There are also commonly spoken languages that you'll hear from different regions. The most commonly spoken Philippine languages are Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Waray-waray, Pangansinense, Chavacano, Cuyonon, Kapampangan,  Bicolano and so on.

Visayan (Bisaya) is not a language. It is a language family branch among Philippine languages. Within the Visayan language family are Visayan languages such as: Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray-waray, Masbateño, Surigaonon, Akeanon, and so on.

Spanish is still spoken in the country as is well alive too. The only problem is that there are not a lot of Spanish speakers left who speak Spanish natively as a mother tongue, although they do exist. The Spanish language in the Philippines is regulated by the Real Academia Filipina. The Spanish language will never disappear from the country at all. Philippine Spanish is also a unique dialect of Spanish spoken by Filipinos. There is even Spanish literature from the Philippines and our national anthem is in Spanish.

carlocruz1019 · Answer

hi

regina912 · Answer

Actually there are a lot of native languages here in the Philippines but Tagalog is the most common language spoken by Filipinos

1004me · Answer

We have plenty. But the most basic way to actually understand each other is by using Tagalog  and the English language wherein we consider it as our second language.

LeeJiNeul · Answer

Total of 175 languages but we have two official language which is tagalog and english

Don_Miguel · Answer

@dowotheee you're wrong as fuck man.

Don_Miguel · Answer

@dowotheee  
you shouldn't trust a source that gets edited by anyone. it's unprofessional and not scholarly done. 
you're right that filipino is an official language, but very wrong that we have so many dialects and that english is considered our second language when it is not for the majority of non-Tagalog Filipinos.

Don_Miguel · Answer

they're not called dialects. they're languages and deserve their linguistic right to be called so. 
English is taught in schools but that doesn't mean it's my second language. Cebuano is my first, then the Filipino dialect of Tagalog is my second.

Don_Miguel · Answer

we have over 160+ languages in yhe Philippines. never forget that they are called languages, not dialects

Don_Miguel · Answer

@dowotheee you should probably do some scholarly research about the difference between a language and a dialect before posting.

Don_Miguel · Answer

language: tagalog.
dialects of Tagalog: Bulacan, rizal, Quezon, Laguna, metro Manila, nueva ecija, Davaoeño etc....

language: English
dialects of English: southern American, Australian, British RP, South African, kiwi, brunmy, Londoner, New Yorker, Yorkshire, Midwest....

language: Cebuano
dialects: Davaoeño, Mindanao, Cebu City, boholano, etc..

language: Spanish
dialects of Spanish: Mexican, Argentinian, Castilian, filipino, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Colombian, etc..

pjbermab19 · Answer

Tagalog kami pre

KReyna17 · Answer

In the Philippines, due to a history of multiple settlements, more than 170 languages ​​are spoken and only 2 of them are official in the country: Filipino and English.

kristineBanez · Answer

The official language of the Philippines is Tagalog but Filipinos speak different languages in different places but their are two kinds Tagalog and cebuano

aromindexter · Answer

filipino is the true languages of Philippines

Don_Miguel · Answer

actually the truest language of the Philippines is Spanish.

Summir · Answer

There were about 170 Language that Pilipino used but the most popular language is Tagalog and Bisaya.

For us to communicate we have to use the Tagalog Language.

thealooiz · Answer

There is only one language in the Philippines but has many dialect. And it's Filipino

zhuyingtai · Answer

@Jarvis1125 tagalog is the national language of the philippines

thealooiz · Answer

@zhuyingtai No it's Filipino. The subject we're studying is Filipino not Tagalog

katrinaabela69 · Answer

170+ languages but the officially language is tagalog and english

Yhan_Ny · Answer

We speak two languages (our very own Tagalog and English) and 170 dialects

fernandomariel01 · Answer

The official language in the philippines is filipino it is tagalog also philippines has many dialects or native language like cebuano, ilocano etc.

jeliexa · Answer

the official langguage is tagalog and english
and we have plenty of langguage

eliteellyza29 · Answer

The official is "TAGALOG"
There's a lot of languages in our country and that depends on the region we are in, Like ( LUZON, VISAYAS, MINDANAO). But we all communicate by using the most common language we have.

eliteellyza29 · Answer

FYI "TAGALOG" is the language and "FILIPINO/S" are the people, sometimes the subject that we take in school.

AnglelaBaby9821 · Answer

I think that depending on how many languages ​​they know, they will communicate in that language. In the Philippines, the main language is of course Filipino language!

dongun1115 · Answer

I have friends who from Philippine. They told me Theyre bilingual.
English and Philippian

loryestrada3 · Answer

Don Miguel Your so Rude!

sharlona88 · Answer

a lot! but this new generation its hard to speak plain bisaya or tagalog language without adding english words of it. And most of our language has spanish words.

dainparcon · Answer

There's a misconception as to what the national language of the Philippines is apart from English. Is it Filipino or is it Tagalog? Now the Philippines is home to over 170 different languages each having varying dialects. Take note, language over dialect. When it was to be decided as to what the national language of the country was to be, a whole different language was created. This was called Filipino. So why is it people keep saying Tagalog is the national language? Well when the Filipino language was created, 12 of the 170+ languages were used. These 12 were the most spoken in the country so it would make sense to use them to create a national language. These 12 included Tagalog, Cebuano, Iloano, Tausug, etc. It just so happens that Tagalog was used as the major component for the creation of Filipino and because of that people tend to interchangeably use the terms Filipino and Tagalog in the context of language. So there you go, over 170 languages are spoken in the Philippines with Filipino and English as the recognized national languages.

alemila · Answer

two  languages but the english os official

facesonechco · Answer

I have no idea

rajendrashil8 · Answer

what do

acoba_stephyyy · Answer

Tagalog
Ilokano
Visaya
Kapang pangan
Ibanag
Itawis

linhpham111199 · Answer

Hi

littlelove · Answer

there's a lot of language we have in the Philippines I think we have 100+ total but some of our language are unused. And Filipinos used to speak in Tagalog and English language 😊

iyamatakori · Answer

@Jarvis1125 we use difderent languages. Actually there are tons of it because of the provinces. But the main thing we use is tagalog and english

ineedlove · Answer

@Jarvis1125 Philippines is a language hot spot so it has 180+ languages. there are around 9 major regional languages. however, there are only two official languages according to the Philippine constitution and these two are Filipino (which is basically just Tagalog, the main language spoken in Manila where the main government is) and English. I majored in linguistics from the University of the Philippines Diliman. A lot of Filipinos don't know anything about the language situation in the Philippines, and I think that's unfortunate.

ineedlove · Answer

A lot of my professors have conducted studies on Tagalog and Filipino. Linguistically, you cannot really say that they are two separate languages. Filipino is just simply Tagalog. The grammar is the same. People argue that Filipino has words that are borrowed from different languages in the Philippines so it should be considered different from Tagalog. however, it is normal for a language to borrow. words are easy to borrow and simply borrowing words doesn't mean that it's already a different language. When they were deciding on the national language, they chose Tagalog because it's convenient. it's spoken in Manila, the capital of the Philippines and where the main government is. they just want to appease the speakers from the other Philippine languages so they changed the name to Pilipino and then Filipino.

Robloxmomo · Answer

omg

Robloxmomo · Answer

😅

Robloxmomo · Answer

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rysm · Answer

필리핀에서 몇 개의 언어가 있습니까, 그리고 필리핀의 공용어는 어떤 언어인가?

alvinblackhutton · Answer

Mostly Filipino but there are other Asian languages spoken in some parts of the country

ngocbac93 · Answer

two languages in the Philippines is Philippines language and English

santosh_2619 · Answer

mujhe aap par khud se jayada bharosa hai how to say in en5

Joanne_Se · Answer

How do we say this in Japanese:

What time will you finish Work today?

I cooked pasta. Please drop by and bring some home.

Thank you!! =)

tchibili · Answer

spanish or american

sharlona88 · Answer

@rysm 언어 진짜 많은데요 (비사야, 타갈로그) 마닐라에서 타갈로그 써요. 세부는 비사야 말 써요... 영어말 더 괜찮아요

rysm · Answer

@sharlona88 
What I said is not a question but an answer I spoke in Korean.ㅎㅎㅎ

wwwmohdyaqoob7 · Answer

what do you mean of ist question

Deleted user · Answer

@Jarvis1125 Filipino language and English are most commonly used language here. But, there are hundreds of dialects spoken here.

alcantaraklara_ysabe · Answer

@Jarvis1125 We have so many from different regions!

uber_fr0st · Answer

@sullivanjoe863 What the fuck...

RainbowLolita13 · Answer

tagalog and filipino

uber_fr0st · Answer

@RainbowLolita13 Tagalog and Filipino are literally the same thing.

Mahealani · Answer

@Jarvis1125 There are many different Filipino dialects but the main ones are Tagalog, Ilocano, Visayan, Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, & Waray. But the official languages are English & the Tagalog dialect which is the dialect that is taught all throughout the Philippines.

sharlona88 · Answer

@rysm 공용어는 타갈로그 써요

ks3278605 · Answer

Mera name Krishan bharta se mai egalish kya bolunga

nolanxxxgam · Answer

for those kind of questions, you better ask google

ks3278605 · Answer

No tell me man

ruth_base07 · Answer

@Jarvis1125 the official language that we use here in the Philippines so that we can communicate properly is Tagalog

ruth_base07 · Answer

120-180 languages that Philippines have, but the main is Tagalog

akilan238 · Answer

@Joanne_Se what time will you finish work today = kyou itsu shigoto wo oemasuka.? / kyou  itsu shigoto ga owarimasuka?

hikage_san · Answer

filipino and english are the most spoken language in the philippines, the official language in the philippines is filipino and philippines has 8 major dialects

juliabond92 · Answer

@Joanne_Se 
今日仕事を何時に終えますか。
きょう しごと を なんじに おえますか。
or
今日(きょう)の仕事(しごと)を何時におえますか。

tvillarim · Answer

@sharlona88 
Soube que  existem cerca de 80 línguas e dialetos no país. O inglês e o filipino são as línguas oficiais, e o espanhol também já foi uma língua oficial.

Tuetewan · Answer

@Jarvis1125 there are exaclty 183 spoken dialects

pazbeckein · Answer

@Jarvis1125 Hi! More than 185 languages are spoken in the Philippines. In these languages come different dialects too. the official languages of the Philippines are Filipino and English.

How many languages are spoken in the Philippines and what are the official languages of the Philippines?

There are over 170 all in all but the major ones are Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon (Ilonggo), Ilocano, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Tagalog, and Waray. Official languages are Filipino and English

Tagalog is the most common here

hi

Actually there are a lot of native languages here in the Philippines but Tagalog is the most common language spoken by Filipinos

We have plenty. But the most basic way to actually understand each other is by using Tagalog and the English language wherein we consider it as our second language.

Total of 175 languages but we have two official language which is tagalog and english

@dowotheee you're wrong as fuck man.

they're not called dialects. they're languages and deserve their linguistic right to be called so.
English is taught in schools but that doesn't mean it's my second language. Cebuano is my first, then the Filipino dialect of Tagalog is my second.

for those kind of questions, you better ask google

No tell me man

@Jarvis1125 the official language that we use here in the Philippines so that we can communicate properly is Tagalog

120-180 languages that Philippines have, but the main is Tagalog

@Joanne_Se what time will you finish work today = kyou itsu shigoto wo oemasuka.? / kyou itsu shigoto ga owarimasuka?

filipino and english are the most spoken language in the philippines, the official language in the philippines is filipino and philippines has 8 major dialects

@Joanne_Se
今日仕事を何時に終えますか。
きょうしごとをなんじにおえますか。
or
今日(きょう)の仕事(しごと)を何時におえますか。

@sharlona88
Soube que existem cerca de 80 línguas e dialetos no país. O inglês e o filipino são as línguas oficiais, e o espanhol também já foi uma língua oficial.

@Jarvis1125 there are exaclty 183 spoken dialects

@Jarvis1125 Hi! More than 185 languages are spoken in the Philippines. In these languages come different dialects too. the official languages of the Philippines are Filipino and English.

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How many languages are spoken in the Philippines and what are the official languages of the Philippines? See a translation

There are over 170 all in all but the major ones are Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon (Ilonggo), Ilocano, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Tagalog, and Waray. Official languages are Filipino and English

Tagalog is the most common here

hi

Actually there are a lot of native languages here in the Philippines but Tagalog is the most common language spoken by Filipinos

We have plenty. But the most basic way to actually understand each other is by using Tagalog and the English language wherein we consider it as our second language.

Total of 175 languages but we have two official language which is tagalog and english

@dowotheee you're wrong as fuck man.

they're not called dialects. they're languages and deserve their linguistic right to be called so. English is taught in schools but that doesn't mean it's my second language. Cebuano is my first, then the Filipino dialect of Tagalog is my second.

for those kind of questions, you better ask google

No tell me man

@Jarvis1125 the official language that we use here in the Philippines so that we can communicate properly is Tagalog

120-180 languages that Philippines have, but the main is Tagalog

@Joanne_Se what time will you finish work today = kyou itsu shigoto wo oemasuka.? / kyou itsu shigoto ga owarimasuka?

filipino and english are the most spoken language in the philippines, the official language in the philippines is filipino and philippines has 8 major dialects

@Joanne_Se 今日仕事を何時に終えますか。きょう しごと を なんじに おえますか。or今日(きょう)の仕事(しごと)を何時におえますか。

@sharlona88 Soube que existem cerca de 80 línguas e dialetos no país. O inglês e o filipino são as línguas oficiais, e o espanhol também já foi uma língua oficial.

@Jarvis1125 there are exaclty 183 spoken dialects

@Jarvis1125 Hi! More than 185 languages are spoken in the Philippines. In these languages come different dialects too. the official languages of the Philippines are Filipino and English.

Ask native speakers questions for free

How many languages are spoken in the Philippines and what are the official languages of the Philippines?

they're not called dialects. they're languages and deserve their linguistic right to be called so.
English is taught in schools but that doesn't mean it's my second language. Cebuano is my first, then the Filipino dialect of Tagalog is my second.

@Joanne_Se
今日仕事を何時に終えますか。
きょうしごとをなんじにおえますか。
or
今日(きょう)の仕事(しごと)を何時におえますか。

@sharlona88
Soube que existem cerca de 80 línguas e dialetos no país. O inglês e o filipino são as línguas oficiais, e o espanhol também já foi uma língua oficial.