Languages of the Philippines

Abakada is a Filipino alphabet of 20 letters introduced by Lope K. Santos and adopted by the National Language Institute of the Philippines in 1973. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abakada"

Aklanon is a Visayan language spoken in Aklan province in the Philippines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aklanon language"

The Asi language is spoken in towns on Tablas Island as well as the islands of Banton, Simara, and Maestre de Campo. These islands are part of the Romblon province of the Philippines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asi language"

Bikol or Bicolano is an Austronesian language used in the Philippines particularly on the Bicol Peninsula on the island of Luzon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bikol language"

Bisakol are two kinds of major dialects of the Philippines which comprises Bisaya (or Visayan) and Bikolano from the province of Bicol. This includes Central & Southern Sorsogon, Masbate Island, and Ticao Island. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bisakol"

Boholano is a dialect of Cebuano that is spoken on the island of Bohol in the Philippines, although it is sometimes described as a separate language. Boholano, especially the dialects used in Central Bohol, can be distinguised from other Cebuano dialects by a few phonetic changes. The "y" sound in Cebuano becomes "j" ("iya" in Cebuano becomes "ija") and the "k" sound sometimes becomes "h" ("ako" in Cebuano becomes "aho"). The dialects used in the coastal areas of Bohol though, including Tagbilaran City, are almost indistinguishable from other Cebuano-speaking areas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boholano language"

Caluyanon (also splled Caluyanun) or is a Visayan language spoken in the Caluya Islands, Antique in the Philippines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caluyanon language" This article is made on shortopedia

Cebuano, also known as Sugbuanon, is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 18,000,000 people and is a subgroup or member of Bisaya, Visayan and Binisayâ. The name came from the Philippine island of Cebu, with the Spanish suffix -ano meaning native, of a place, added at the end. Cebuano is given the ISO 639-2 three letter code ceb, but has no ISO 639-1 two letter code. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cebuano language"

Chavacano (or Chabacano) is a blanket name for the Spanish-based creole languages spoken in the Philippines. The name stems from Chabacano, Spanish for "vulgar" or "unpleasant". ...more on Wikipedia about "Chavacano language"

Cuyonon is a language spoken on the coast of Palawan and the Cuyo Islands in the Philippines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cuyonon language"

English is a West Germanic language which is the dominant language in the United Kingdom, the United States, many Commonwealth nations, and other former British colonies. It is also a dominant or official language in many countries formerly under British rule. English is now the third-most spoken native language worldwide (after Chinese and Hindi), with some 380 million speakers. It has lingua franca status in many parts of the world, due to the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the early 20th century to the present. Through the global influence of native English speakers in cinema, airlines, broadcasting, science, and the Internet in recent decades, English is now the most widely learned second language in the world. Many students worldwide are required to learn at least some English, and a working knowledge of English is required in many fields and occupations. ...more on Wikipedia about "English language"

Englog, in the Philippines, is an informal form of English infused with Tagalog words, a popular type of which is called Konyo English. Akin to this is Taglish, which in turn, is Tagalog infused with English words. ...more on Wikipedia about "Englog"

Filipino (formerly called Pilipino) is the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines — along with English — as designated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. The language, a member of the Austronesian languages, is a standardized dialect of Tagalog. It is sometimes the generic name for all of several different languages of the Philippines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Filipino language"

Filipino and Tagalog are language names that may refer to the same language, or perhaps they refer to different language variants or even different (but related) languages. There is a continuing controversy whether the distinction is significant, and this article clarifies some of the complex language situation in the Philippines, and the related sociopolitical and linguistic issues that continue to fuel the controversy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Filipino vs. Tagalog"

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Hiligaynon or Ilonggo is an Austronesian language spoken in Western Visayas in the Philippines. Hiligaynon is concentrated in the provinces of Iloilo and Negros Occidental. It is also spoken in the other provinces of the Panay Island group, such as Capiz, Antique, Aklan and Guimaras. There are approximately 7,000,000 people in and outside the Philippines who are native speakers of Hiligaynon, and an additional 4,000,000 who are capable of speaking it with a substantial degree of proficiency. Ilonggo is also the name of the culture associated with the people speaking Hiligaynon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hiligaynon language"

Hiraya or Kinaray-a, is a language of the Western Visayas in the Philippines. It is spoken mainly in Iloilo, Antique and Capiz. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hiraya"

The Ibanag language (also Ybanag or Ibanak) is spoken by up to 500,000 speakers in the Philippines, in the northeastern provinces of Isabela and Cagayan, especially in Tuguegarao City, Solana, Cabagan, and Ilagan and with overseas immigrants in countries located in the Middle East, U.K. and the U.S.A.. Most of the speakers can also speak Ilocano, the lingua franca of Northern Luzon. Ibanag is derived from bannag 'river' . It is closely related to Gaddang, Itawis, Agta, Atta, Yogad, Isneg and Malaweg. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ibanag language"

Ilokano (variants: Ilocano, Iluko, Iloco, and Iloko) is the third most-spoken language of the Republic of the Philippines ...more on Wikipedia about "Ilokano language"

Inland Bikol are people living in the mainland or valley, and a form of Bikol. The mainland is also called "banwa" in Tagalog, "bayan" in the metropolitan area. ...more on Wikipedia about "Inland Bikol"

The Ivatan language, also known as Ibatan, is an Austronesian language spoken exclusively in the Batanes Islands in the most northern reaches of the Philippines. With the islands' proximity to Taiwan, the language is closer linguistically and philologically to Taiwanese aborigine languages than to other Philippine languages. However, the language is not placed in the Formosan languages group. It is especially characterized by its word, which mostly have the letter 'v', as in vakul, Ivatan, and valuga. Letter 'e', is pronounced as the schwa oun, or 'uh', as in Dios Mamajes, 'di-yos-ma-ma-huhs', and palek 'pa-luhk'. The Ivatan language is completely different from the rest of the other Philippine languages, having been isolated and more closer to Taiwanese aborigines, especially the Yami group. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ivatan language"

A minor dialect spoken in the area of Bislig City, in the Southern Philippines. An interesting word in Kamayo is "inday", which means literally "I don't know". This is interesting because, in Visayan the same word is a generic term for a female, roughly like "gal" in English. In Visayan, the translation of the phrase "I don't know" is "Ambot". ...more on Wikipedia about "Kamayo"

Kankanaey is one of the Northern Luzon languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kankanaey"

Kankanai, or Kankanaey, is a language widely used by Cordillerans particularly people from the Mountain Province and several from the Benguet province. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kankanai language"

Kapampangan is one of the thirteen major languages of the Philippines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kapampangan language"

Kinaray-a is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Antique Province in the Philippines. It is also spoken in parts of Iloilo. Due to regional proximity, media and television stations, Kinaray-a speakers can understand Hiligaynon speakers but not vice versa. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kinaray-a language"

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