The Philippines is a multilingual state with 184 living languages originating and spoken by various ethno-linguistic groups. It is not a tonal language and can be considered a pitch-accent language and a syllable-timed language. It is an agglutinative language but can also display inflection. Filipino follows the trigger system of morphosyntactic alignment that is also common among Austronesian languages. ![]() įilipino, like other Austronesian languages, commonly uses verb-subject-object order, but can also use subject-verb-object order as well. Filipino is only used as a tertiary language in the Philippine public sphere. The 1987 Constitution mandates that Filipino be further enriched and developed by the other languages of the Philippines. ![]() It is a standardized variety of Tagalog based on the native dialect, spoken and written, in Metro Manila, the National Capital Region, and in other urban centers of the archipelago. It is the national language ( Wikang pambansa / Pambansang wika) of the Philippines, and one of the two official languages of the country, with English. ![]() For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.įilipino ( English: / ˌ f ɪ l ɪ ˈ p iː n oʊ/ ( listen) Wikang Filipino, ), is an Austronesian language. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. ![]() Countries where it is spoken by minor communities
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