FILIPINO LANGUAGE

Language is a system for encoding and decoding information. It refers to so-called "natural languages" — the forms of communication considered peculiar to humankind which always implies a particular type of human thought which can be present even when communication is not the result, and this way of thinking is also sometimes treated as indistinguishable from language itself.

Filipino is the national language of the Philippines designated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Filipino is an Austronesian language that is based on various existing native languages in the Philippines. It was chosen to be the national language of the Philippines despite of the other dialects over than 140 used in the country.


The Filipino language was chosen as the base language of the country in December 30, 1937.Through the administration of the President Manuel L. Quezon. He renamed the Tagalog Language as the Wikang Pambansa( national language) in English translation.For the reason that tagalog is widely spoken and is the language most understood in all the Regions of the Philippines and it has always been the use language in Manila, the capital of the nation.

Well, it originated in Baler and spread throughout the country, because Manuel L. Quezon, the Father of National Language, was born in this place

Filipino and English are both the official languages of the country. Filipino also had the distinction of being a national language that was to be "developed and enriched on the basis of existing Philippine and other languages." Although not explicitly stated in the constitution, Filipino is in practice almost completely composed of the Tagalog as spoken in the capital, Manila.