2006-11-19 22:05:02 · 13 answers · asked by Helen d 1 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Philippines
In the Philippines, it is easy to determine who are educated and who are not. English language is a school curriculum from kindergarten until college education. Filipinos who can't speak that language are either college dropout or the least a high school graduate. But give them a month stay in either UK or USA, for sure they can even speak with your own accent.
2006-11-20 01:57:08 · answer #1 · answered by junior 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a definition of a native speaker
Noun 1. native speaker - a speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood.
Therefore, if you've been speaking English or you can speak English since preschool or kindergarten, whether you're from the bundocs or the city, an elite or middle class Pinoy, you are a native speaker of English. I'd say, a lot of Filipinos are native English speakers.
2016-02-17 01:14:43 · answer #2 · answered by Tarah 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tagalog is native to the Philippines and is not derived from Spanish.
Tagalog is not the native language of Filipinos, but boy are there heaps of native English speakers in Yahoo! Answers whose use of English is much worse.
2006-11-19 22:22:36 · answer #3 · answered by Mardy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No! English is the medium of instruction in all schools here in the Philippines. Most people in the affluent level have their students trained to talk in English! Filipinos value education alot. Most of our population are college educated & I may say so that we read & write in English better than some Americans!
2006-11-19 22:19:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, we are not. (I am a Filipina too.) Native speakers are those born to parents who speak English and grew up speaking English such as those from USA, UK and the like. We are called second language speakers of English though.
2006-11-19 22:16:02 · answer #5 · answered by augustine 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not all of the Filipino natives speak English, especially those living in the remote and unserved places. Some still need to have formal education and do wish to find GOOD SAMARITANS to finance them not only in education but also in their medical problems.
2006-11-19 22:19:00 · answer #6 · answered by Mutya P 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No Tagalog and Visaya is the current language on Philippines and some spanish too.
2006-11-20 07:29:53 · answer #7 · answered by DaRkAngeL XIII 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
For over 200 years they spoke a lot of Spanish. How do you suppose Christianty and many philippinos have spanish names. They were part of the Spanish Empire until 1898 after the spanish-american war.
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2006-11-20 00:55:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you mean what is the national language of the philippines it is pilipino . Its mostly tagalog with some english , german ,dutch , chinese , and japanese mixed in .
Being an Island nation though , the Philippines has many provincial languages .
2006-11-20 06:06:31 · answer #9 · answered by Ray H 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
nope, english is the second language of filipinos
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2006-11-19 23:20:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋