How many dialects Philippines have?

Answer 1

over 170 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippines

Answer 2

The number of languages listed for Philippines is 175. Of those, 171 are living languages and 4 are extinct.

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_ountry.asp?name



http://www.philippineembassy-usa.org/about/population.htm

More than 80 indigenous languages and dialects are spoken in the Philippines. These languages and dialects belong to the Malayo-Polynesian group of the Austronesian language family. The most widely spoken are Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Bicol, Waray-Waray, Pampangan, Pangasinan, and Maranao.
English and Filipino (formerly spelled Pilipino) are the official languages. Filipino is largely based on Tagalog, with many words adopted from other languages, including English and Spanish. It was made the national language in 1987 in an attempt to address the fact that no two of the indigenous languages are mutually comprehensible. Filipino is a required subject in schools, but English is more commonly used in higher education. English is also commonly used in government and commerce. Some Filipinos are trilingual, speaking an indigenous language, Filipino, and English. Many Filipinos continue to primarily speak their indigenous language, rather than Filipino. Very few people speak Spanish, despite the country’s colonial history. Spanish never became a widely used or learned language in the Philippines, in contrast to the Spanish colonies in the Americas, because the Spanish friars used the vernacular to introduce Catholicism to the indigenous population. Arabic and various dialects of Chinese are spoken by a small minority of the population.

Answer 3

Lots of great questions, anyway if you want to read one more opinion, here's mine. Yes, the natives of South American and the Philippines both have indigenous cultures and people, and yes both were ruled by Spain, yes both became predominantly Roman Catholic and yes both learned Spanish (except for the Portuguese speaking Latin Americans). Now the differences, yes there were a lot of race-mixing, and yes with Europeans and Americans, but also primarily with other Asians. Most Filipinos today have Chinese blood, this includes Japanese, Korean, and other Chinese derivates and the blood of Malays and Indons. Also the Filipinos were influenced greatly by the Hindus, the Buddhists and then Islam and were generally Muslims when the Spanish rulers came. They have their own language and can read and write. Now the Filipinos of old were a proud people, they resisted and continued to resist the Spanish conquerors and many were still holding on to their old ways, including their language. After Spanish rule and also after the American rule, the locals were not only speaking their native languagess but also Spanish and English. In time, the people spoke their native language and only speak English as a second language and as other local and international languages as 3rd, 4th or nth languages. Less and less people spoke Spanish and has now almost complete gone, unless for the Spanish words and phrases that still make up about 30% of Tagalog and other major Philippine languages. There is still a racial hierarchy in the Philippines the top 5% are still made up of Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos. And there are still indigineous tribes of old in many areas of the Philippines until today.

Answer 4

The EXACT number is not know but is listed as ABOUT 170

Answer 5

170? Really? You should give 10 pts to anyone who can name them all.

Answer 6

about 170+ i think

Answer 7

170....and I speak 4 dialects....tagalog, visayan, ilonggo and waray..