About Philippine?

Question

Was Philippine colonized by Spain or Portugal?

What is the primary language do Filipino people speak?

Most Filipino last names sound like Hispanic last names, so, did the Filipino adopt the Hispanic last names?

Answer 1

philippines was colonized my spain around the 17 century i think. the reason we have the name philippines for our country is that it was named after the king of spain king phillip. my mom and dad know spanish but i don't. my last name is spanish last name and the reason we have this last name is because the spanish immigrants spread there last names as they got married to one another.

Answer 2

Philippines was colonized by Spain a long,long time ago.
The primary languages used are "Tagalog" & English (American) and also there are a lot of local dialects. Some speak Chinese particularly the Filipino-Chinese, & Some speaks Spanish (Which are rare nowadays). Yeah, there are lots of Filipinos bearing Hispanic Family names due to the Spanish heritage.Spain culture is indeed a big influence by the Filipinos. (- -,)

Answer 3

The Philippines was colonised by the Spanish, then was acquired by the US from the Spanish in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. The National language is Tagalog though there are many local dialects and languages. English is the primary language for education and government. Many of the Spanish settlers intermarried with the native Filipino population which give the Filipinos the Hispanic names you see today.

Answer 4

I have three Filipino kids. They speak English well. Their mom has command of English and a dialect called Visayan of the Filipino language.

Tagalog (tah GAH low) is the most popular language in the Philippines. They all study English. If you are from the south part or some of the smaller islands you may speak a dialect other than Tagalog. There are over 200 dialects.

Spain conquered the Philippines around the 1800's. That's the direct influence.

Answer 5

first: it's Philippines...a country.

It was Spain who colonized the Philippines that sent Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese navigator.

Primary language is Tagalog/Pilipino and English is the secondary language. But Philippines, being an archipelago had over 200 local dialects.

The Spaniard Colonization lasted for about 333 years bringing with them Christianity, so most inhabitants were baptized with Hispanic last names.

There.

Answer 6

the philippines was colonized by spain. filipinos speak PILIPINO, of course, or tagalog. it 's the same thing. but our second language is english. during the spanish colonization, most filipinos were urged or forced to be baptized, hence, the hispanic last names. it was ferdinand magellan who came to the philippines to spread christianity and to colonize the island. he is said to be a portuguese but worked under the spanish flag.

Answer 7

PHILIPPINES WERE COLONIZED BY SPAIN UNDER KING PHILIP WHICH WHERE WE GOT THE NAME PHILIPPINES...IT LASTED FOR MORE THAN 300 YEARS I THINK... WE SPEAK TAGALOG OUR NATIVE TAGALOG IS MIXED OF LATIN AND FILIPINO LANGUAGE... AND YES WE DID ADOPT THE HISPANIC LAST NAMES... my great grandpa is pure hispanic came from spain... we dont look like most asian people huh? lol oh and yes we do speak english. its a mandatory in school to teach english...

Answer 8

The Philippines was colonized by Spain.

Philippines speak Tagolog, English and Spanish, or a mixture of Tagolog and English called Taglish

Filipinos have spanish last names, received through marriage

Answer 9

it was colonized by spain. filipinos speak tagalog. and the hispanic names come from when the spanish were in the phillipines.

Answer 10

We were colonized by Spain for more than 300 years. So there.