Is the official language of the Philippines Spanish?

Answer 1

No. Filipino is, and among the many Philippine dialects, Tagalog was chosen to officially represent the Filipino language.

Even during the colonization period, Spanish had never been widely spoken by the commoners -- the language was mostly reserved for the Spaniards themselves. It was not until the rise of the middle class (also called the ilustrados. Most, if not all, were mestizos, meaning these Filipinos have some Spanish or Chinese blood in them) that these people spoke Spanish. Even then it was not widely spoken enough for it to become the official language.

However, the Philippine Constitution during the 1900s was written in Spanish. It was translated later.

Answer 2

There are a number of languages spoken in the Philipines. Spanish has pretty much died out, but some words exist in Tagalog, the base language of Filipino, one of the two official languages. English is the other.

Answer 3

No, its Phillipino.
But there are tons of different dialects.