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Filipino

A language of Philippines

ISO 639-3: fil

Population	25,000,000 (2007).
Region	Widespread.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Tagalog
Language use	Official language. National language. Widely spoken as L2.
Language development	Taught in primary and secondary schools. Bible: 1905.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Based on Tagalog [tgl] with terms from other regional languages. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

DANGAN, Florida V., author. 2006. "Contrastive analysis of true and false cognates in Filipino and Cuyonon."  

GUILINGAN, Isis P.; LONSIDO, Cirilo A.; REDULLA, Merlina L.; TOMALES, Jesus S., compilers; CAINDOG, Isang, editor; DIAZ, Ciriaca O.; MARIANO, Elma D.; SUMA, Avelina A., facilitators. 1992. Gembabaʼ diksyunari (A short dictionary: Languages - Central Subanen, Cebuano Visayan, Filipino, English).

LORENZANA, Angela E., author. 2006. "Galit: the Filipino emotion word for ‘anger’."  

MCFARLAND, Curtis D., author. 2006. "A CAI program for teaching Filipino."  

Vernacular Publications

Mga bitalang pangaldaw-kaldaw = Mga salitang pang-araw-araw = Everyday words and expressions. 2006.