how come i see alot of english???
2006-12-27 04:07:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Actually, it's my understanding that there are more than 150 different languages spoken in the Philippines. Tagalog is the official language of the government. But English is taught in school.
My Step-Mother is from the Philippines and we have talked about languages. She grew up speaking the language of her village/region, and learned Tagalog and English in school.
2006-12-27 04:14:32 · answer #1 · answered by rbwtexan 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, what a surprise then. English is the medium of instruction in schools and universities. You would be amazed at how fluent some Filipinos are , both in written and oral English (with matching American accent). Tagalog is the national dialect but English is also encouraged, that is why.
2006-12-28 14:48:14 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The official language of the Philippines is Filipino. Tagalog is one of the 80+ dialects in the country. Other dialectsspoken inthe country are Visayan, Ilokano, Waray, Kapampangan, Bicolano, Cebuano, etc. In schools, most classes are taught in English.
2006-12-28 07:07:03 · answer #3 · answered by just me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They (Filipinos) speak Tagalog or Filipino. Tagalog is one the thousand dialects in the Philippines. The medium of instruction is English, yet a lot of Filipino people specially the now generation speak what they called now "TagLish" (mixing Tagalog with English words.
2006-12-27 07:52:14 · answer #4 · answered by 1nit2 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Many years ago during war times, Philippines became a U.S. Territory for some 50 years, that's why there's alot of cultural influence. English is taught at most schools starting as early as kindergarten. English is Philippines' 2nd language.
2006-12-28 13:10:07 · answer #5 · answered by . 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they have many laguages.. one of them is tagalog/filipino and english.. tagalog/filipino is the national language of the Philippines, but the Philippines is one of the countries that speak good english.. WELL, THEY DO SPEAK GOOD ENGLISH IF THEY GO TO SCHOOL. some of them didn't finish school so their english is awful..
i have filipino friends here in london who speak english fluently. and the colleges here said that if you study english language when you were little, english is your native language..
i dunno, maybe they're just good english speakers.. well not all of them, but some of them who had a good education do.
they also have other languages, like korean, spanish, french... because many foreigners live there now and teach them other language.
2006-12-27 10:55:26 · answer #6 · answered by Dubu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The US soldiers from WW2 had a big influence, along with the subsequent Clark Air Base and Subic Bay Naval Base.
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2006-12-27 04:15:52 · answer #7 · answered by Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oo nga nagsasalita kami ng tagalog at filipino pero bakit karamihan ay ingles ang ginagamit kasi yun po yung second language dito at mahalaga rin ito kasi pagnagaaply kailangan ingles ang isagot.
2006-12-27 19:24:34 · answer #8 · answered by ruby_gel 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you heard about school? English is our second language after they abolished Spanish. .
2006-12-27 11:18:34 · answer #9 · answered by linda c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do speak that. There are other dialects to top that off.
2006-12-27 04:31:35 · answer #10 · answered by Sho Type U 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋