Filipino
PrintA language of Philippines
ISO 639-3
Population
25,000,000 (2007).
Location
Widespread.
Language Status
1 (National). Statutory national language (1987, Constitution, Article 14(6)), not used in all official domains.
Classification
Language Use
Widely spoken as L2.
Language Development
Taught in primary and secondary schools. Bible: 1905.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script. Tagalog script, no longer in use.
Primarily based on Tagalog [tgl] with some terminology imported from other regional languages. Christian.