What is the language speaks in Philiphines?

Hi...ckyera

Thank you for a quick response for my discusion. It is interesting to know that even in Philiphine many languages in use and there is a national language Filipino.Thank you for the wiki link
Again Philiphines are using English as one of their main language. I wanted to know that whether all philiphines can speak the Filipino?

Good information. Thank you and my wishes for a great friendship day!!!

The Filipino language is included as a subject of every level of studies that's why we know how to speak it.

i think most of us can understand Filipino. although there are some who can't speak it and there are also few...very few that can't understand it...i think they are the old people( or the natives) living in the mountains where tv or other communication can't reach...
coz i know, as long as the place is reached by tv or radio, for sure they can understand Filipino for it is widely used on tv shows and programs...

Hi..eds & Ckyera

Thank you for responding again. Here also now a subject for all schools. So the new generation learning it. As ckyera stated here also most people understands the hindi, because of the TV. But most people will watch the TV in their regional language

well its just good here that TV's usually use Tagalog or Filipino as the major medium in their programs...although there are some programs that uses their own dialects but only for news, i think and some shows but majority of the programs are in Filipino.

sorry to butt in but i have heard that in the olden days there was great competition between tagalog and cebuano movies. but i guess tagalog won because the government made it the national language and made a law that all schools should teach filipino/tagalog. i don't really know the history but i hear that cebuano cinema died a slow and awful death.

well i also don't know much of history about that but i think there's really a lot great artist coming from visayas...that's why even if i am from Luzon i also know a little about "matud nila"... hehehe

and i think it also becomes like that coz it just so happen that Manila is in Luzon which use Tagalog as dialect..and of course Manila is the capital of our country...and maybe because Manuel Quezon is a Tagalog himself...hehehe

Hi....tomjoad

Thank you for your response on this topic. Your post is much informative. I will be coming with some other topic about the Philipines. hoping to get your responses.Wish you a great days ahead

you're welcome! i'm glad you took interest in our country. i'll be looking forward to your topics.

hello tom...
please don't get me wrong..but i am thinking if cebuano is really what majority of Filipino speaks...because remember here in Visayas and Mindanao, they also speak Hiligaynon (for Ilonggo), Chavacano and so many other dialects...like Waray, it sounds like that of Cebuano but i think its different from that...
unlike in Tagalog region they are really solid in Tagalog. i m not sure but you can refer on that link i put above coz there's a map there indicating the areas where the dialects are spoken...

well anyway i have nothing against cebuano for i am living here in cebu and so i know their dialect but i am originally from southern tagalog.

oh but maybe if we put cebuano, hiligaynon, waray and other dialects from Visayas into one and termed it as visayan dialect or language then i guess it can outnumbered tagalog...
well again there's a comparison in that link...
have a nice day...hehehe it makes me think and review something about our dear country!

hi ckyera! don't worry i didn't get you wrong. i welcome your opinion. and you are free to disagree with me because last time i checked that's the purpose of having a discussion. well, i'm not pretty sure if you say that luzon is solid tagalog. there are different languages in luzon too. i know only a few but i'm sure there are more. we have kapampangan, masbateño (masbate), etc. well if you do some research i'm sure you'll find out that luzon is not as solid tagalog as you might think.

as for cebuano there are indeed some areas in the visayas that do not speak cebuano. negros occidental speaks ilonggo and southern leyte (i guess not sure) speak waray. however, these are just small areas and not even all of negros occidental speak ilonggo and i know that in southern leyte it's only tacloban.

well, if you want to check which part of the visayas and mindanao speak cebuano just visit this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w... free to disagree anytime! happy mylotting!

hello again! hehehe

well i very well know that not all part of Luzon use Tagalog for in Northern Luzon they use Ilocano, Kapampangan...
but most part of Luzon do speak Tagalog and almost all over the Philippines Tagalog is understood...well of course its our national language...
but i think nowadays cebuano has been popular coz tv shows sometimes or usually makes use of it... i have checked your link but please do check my link also...for they show them some statistics...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippines#Philippine_languages_comparison_chart
http://www.philippine-portal.com/languages-and-dialects/dialects.html

well i think cebuano is widely used in Cebu, Bohol and other visayas province...but tagalog is used in metro manila and whole southern tagalog region

well, all that the link showed me was that the philippines indeed has so many languages and very diverse. i guess we could say in principle that the tagalog language dominates because of course, it is also taught in schools. in my opinion i think there needs to be more study about our language here and the statistics of how many people actually use. as always, studies like this are lacking in our country. i believe the government should fun more research about our culture and languages.

Hi...Tomjoad

I will be happy to mark your response as the best in this discussion. Moreover I appreciate the enthusiasm you showed in this discussion and the valuable inputs.
Once again thank you and wish all the success!!!

thank you! i'm very grateful. keep posting interesting topics.

Hi........khuay2x

Thank you for response in this topic. Your response is much informative . What I can understand from this discussion is that we Indians and Philiphines have some similarities in the language we are using. As we are using Hindi as the national language, you have tagalog or Filipino. Here also a section of the population doesnt know how to use Hindi. Like in Philiphines, here also a lot of regional languages. In India also most people are using English and it will become the primary language of the country one day

oh yeah khuay is right! english is our second language here for most people. the reason is because it is the medium of instruction in schools. there was a time in our history that the filipinos understood each other by english. it was a long time ago though and it changed when the government in manila decided to establish a national language. however, since the central government was located in luzon and majority of the politicians were tagalog-speaking they chose tagalog as the national language. they began teaching filipino (tagalog) subject at school. i think majority of the people can understand tagalog however not all can fluently speak it. in my case, i sound so awkward and i have a bad accent when i speak tagalog. i am more at ease with english though so i consider english as my second language and tagalog/filipino as my third language.

anyway, i disagree with khuay when he said that english has become our primary language here. although it helps in getting jobs and business (the better english speaker you are the easier you can find a job) but our proficiency to the language has decline. the reason is that our education system has declined and most students are not as eloquent in english as they should be. students nowadays are really bad in english as compared to people 10 or 20 years ago. with the introduction of text messaging many students are even worse at spelling now.

Nice to see you here tom,
LOL you can alway agree or disagree anytime, just no violent reactions pls, coz im a lover not a fighter. LOL
Well its just my personal views and that is how i see things are lately. Perhaps the word i said wasnt appropriate... gosh! lOL hehe allow me to correct myself. as for my own stance, i just would like to put it this way, English or to speak in English or learning english has become a primary concern... guess thats the word i was looking for...hmmm Just so unfortunate for some to not being able to be taught in school.Not everyone speaks fluently in English and some are even so hard for human mind to comprehend..LOL Exagg napud!hehe btw,It has become a great deal in the reality and some or most of us are just taking it for granted. I mean it is really that helpful for everyone to know how to speak well in english though..Like u said its so different now than how it was before.. I agree! what i noticed one school here in manila (where my younger used to go to)are actually using tagalog almost all the time,(even teachers themselves)... hmm makes me wonder... Then again these are all my points of view and base on experiences). if there are things i missed to point out, please feel free to approach me>>:D

Filipino is official language it means that all the dialect that are spoken in different part of the Philippines is official to be fair with them. Tagalog is really taught in school and widely spoken so everyone would understand each other. English also is widely use and spoken here. Many Filipinos are fluent in English because American. We have so many spoken dialects here in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. English and Tagalog are taught in school so everyone here understands and can speak it. Majority of the Filipino can spoke 2 languages and a dialect that's why many foreign companies abroad prefer to employ Filipinos because they can speak and understand English.

Yes i agree with you agv... NO matter which part or region u are, tagalog or not, in general term i believe for all the dialects is called FILIPINO^_^

Yes and almost but not "everyone" in the Philippines/Filipinos actually do speak "tagalog" if u go to remote areas and some provinces somewhere else, u'll know what i mean..Try it when u can please to know what im talking about. Oh yes they can very well understand Tagalog when u speak coz its part of every curriculum in school since gradeschool.

yep i agree with khuay2x! most of the filipinos can understand "filipino/tagalog" but not all speak the language. some can speak it like a grade one student even if they are college graduates. i can attest to that because my native tongue is cebuano and me or my cousins and most of my friends can barely speak tagalog fluently. to be honest in the cebuano-speaking community it's a subject that's always TAKEN FOR GRANTED. we don't really care if we're good at it. we even prefer to speak in english (some of us) when we're talking to tagalogs. in my case i have a really bad accent and i sound very awkward when speaking in tagalog. so i usually communicate in english when they cannot understand cebuano. no offense to tagalog, i know it's important to know the language. i just don't feel it as nearly as important as ENGLISH. so i agree with khuay when he said that english is the primary concern for most of the educated people here in the philippines.

I agree with you tomjoad!

Hi....indahfth

Thank you for responding in this discussion. Yes tagalog is the official language of Philippines. There are so many other regional languages in the country. You can check this whole discussion. A good discussion is going on . Very informative also.
Wish you great times ahead

Hi..kmaram

I got a good number of philippine friends in mylot. So yesterday one of the main news in Indian channels was the death of Aquino. I learned about her much before.So I decided to gather some information. So this is the first one. The responses, I got is much informative. Moreover this discussion gives me great satisfaction, because this is discussing in between the participants themselves. It is interesting to see the whole discussion once. Happy mylotting

Hi..joann

Thank you for responding in this subject. Your post is informative. You may please go through this whole discussion. Happy mylotting

Hi..strawberry
Thank you for participating in this discussion. I agree with you that because of the vastness of India, here the whole people cannot speak the national lanuage. But Philippines is a small country and it was easy to implement the national language policy throughout the country. From these discussions, I came to know that the government implemented the language policy 20 years back.In India some states not yet implemented the trilanguage policy of the Central Government.I agree with you that here people will not try to speak English, moreover they will force you to speak your language. Here in some states, they are more linguistic and they will force us to speak their language. Have great days ahead.

Hi..lheng

Thank you for participating in this discussion. Speaking many languages is an added advantage for any person. As in Philippines, In India also in metros people will speak minimum 6 languages. Happy mylotting

Hi.....jaizhi

Thank you for your response in this discussion.There is a similarity between India and Philippines as there are separate dialects for separate provinces, all Indian states have separate languages. Moreover the states reorganised on the basis of the language they speak. For example kerala state's language is Malayalam, Karnataka have Kannada, Tamil Nadu have Tamil, Maharashtra have Marathi, Andhra pradesh have Telugu etc..etc...

Have great days ahead!!

Hi...paoxav

Thank you for your response in this topic. It is happy to know that all people can understand English and can speak the english which can understand even if have some grammer problem. Have Great days ahead