Filipino

FIL

national

Status Notes: Statutory national language (1987, Constitution, Article 14(6)), not used in all official domains.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Philippine
Greater Central Philippine
Central Philippine
Tagalog

Demographics: L2 users: 45,000,000 (2013). Widely spoken as L2.

Language Development: Taught in primary and secondary schools. Bible: 1905.

Spoken In: Philippines

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Philippines

Other Comments: Primarily based on Tagalog , with some terminology imported from other regional languages. Christian.