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{{Infobox Language|name=Filipino|states=Philippines)
First language: 24 millionSecond language: more than 65 million
Total speakers: c.90 million|rank= 40|familycolor=Austronesian|fam2=[Malayo-Polynesian languages|fam3=Borneo-Philippines languages|fam4=Meso Philippine languages|fam5=Central Philippine languages|fam6=Tagalog language|script=Latin alphabet (Filipino orthography)|nation=Philippines|iso2=fil|iso3=fil-->Filipino is the [national language and an official language of the Philippines as designated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. It is an Austronesian language that is the de facto standard language of Tagalog language,{{cite web|title=Language planning in multilingual countries: The case of the Philippines|url=http://www.sil.org/|publisher=SIL International distinct from it. Sometimes the language is incorrectly used as the generic name for all the [languages of the Philippines which, in turn, would be incorrectly termed as "dialects".

The Commission on the Filipino Language, the regulating body of Filipino, envisions a process of popularizing regional dialect usage derived from regional languages, as the foundation of standard language and intellectualizing a language, based on a lingua franca.

History On November 13, 1936, the Surian ng Wikang Pambansa (National Language Institute) selected Tagalog language as the basis of a Wikang Pambansâ (national language) based on the following factors:{{cite web| url = http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/3727/tagalog2.htm| title = Pilipino: The National Language, a historical sketch| accessdate = 2007-03-24| author = Paraluman Aspillera| year = 1993| publisher = from Basic Tagalog for Foreigners and Non-Tagalogs, Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc., Tokyo-->

Tagalog language is widely spoken and is the language most understood in all the regions of the Philippines.

It is not divided into smaller, separate languages as Visayan languages is.

Its literary tradition is the richest and the most developed and extensive (mirroring that of the Tuscan dialect of Italian language). More books are written in Tagalog than in any other autochthonous Austronesian language.

Tagalog has always been the language of Manila, and the political and economic Capital city of the Philippines under both Spanish and American rulers.

Tagalog is the language of the Philippine Revolution and the Katipunan—two very important incidents in Philippine history.

In 1959, the language became known as Pilipino to dissociate it from the Tagalog people ethnic group.(p.487)

Later, the 1973 Constitution of the Philippines provided for a separate national language to replace Pilipino, a language which it named Filipino. The pertinent article, though, Article XV, Section 3(2), mentions neither Tagalog nor Pilipino as the basis for Filipino, instead calling on the National Assembly to:

{{epigraph| quote = take steps towards the development and formal adoption of a common national language to be known as Filipino. | cite = -->

In 1987, the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines introduced many provisions for the language.{{cite web| url = http://www.chanrobles.com/article14language.htm| title = 1987 Philippine Constitution, Article XIV, Sections 6-9| accessdate = 2007-04-08| publisher = Chanrobles Law Library-->Article XIV, Section 6, omits any mention of Tagalog as the basis for Filipino, and states that:

{{epigraph| quote = as Filipino evolves, it shall be further developed and enriched on the basis of existing Philippine and other languages. | cite = -->

Meanwhile, Article XIV, Section 7 states that:

{{epigraph| quote = Subject to provisions of law and as the Congress may deem appropriate, the Government shall take steps to initiate and sustain the use of Filipino as a medium of official communication and as language of instruction in the educational system. | cite = -->

and:

{{epigraph| quote = The regional languages are the auxiliary official languages in the regions and shall serve as auxiliary media of instruction therein. | cite = -->

Republic Act No. 7104, approved on 14 August, 1991, created the Commission on the Filipino Language, reporting directly to the President and tasked to undertake, coordinate and promote researches for the development, propagation and preservation of Filipino and other Philippine languages.{{cite web], 1992, the commission issued a resolution specifying that Filipino is the

{{epigraph and [Cities of the Philippines in the Philippines used as the language of communication of [Ethnic groups in the Philippiness.{{cite web | url = http://wika.pbwiki.com/Resolusyon%20Blg%2092-1| title = Resolusyon Blg. 92-1| accessdate = 2007-03-24| date = 13 May, 1992| publisher = Commission on the Filipino language| language = Filipino-->| cite = -->However, as with the 1973 and 1987 Constitutions, the resolution did not go so far as to identify this language as Tagalog.

Filipino was presented and registered with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and was added to the ISO registry of languages on September 21, 2004 with it receiving the ISO List of ISO 639-2 codes fil.{{cite web| url = http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=fil| title = Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: fil| accessdate = 2007-07-24| publisher = Summer Institute of Linguistics--> In June 2007, Ricardo Maria Nolasco, Chair of the Commission on the Filipino Language, acknowledged that Filipino was simply Tagalog in syntax and grammar, with yet no grammatical element or lexicon coming from Ilocano language, Cebuano language, Hiligaynon language, or any of the other Languages of the Philippines#Indigenous languages.{{cite web| url = http://www.asianjournal.com/?c=53&a=20983| title = New center to document Philippine dialects| accessdate = 2007-06-30| author = Inquirer| year = 2007, [2007, three Malolos City regional trial courts in Bulacan decided to use Filipino, instead of Philippine English, in order to promote the national language. Twelve stenographers from Branches 6, 80 and 81, as model courts, had undergone training at Marcelo H. del Pilar College of Law of Bulacan State University College of Law following a directive from the Supreme Court of the Philippines. De la Rama said it was the dream of Chief Justice Reynato Puno to implement the program in other areas such as Laguna, Cavite, Quezon, Nueva Ecija, Batangas, Rizal and Metro Manila. Inquirer.net, 3 Bulacan courts to use Filipino in judicial proceedings

Classification Filipino is considered by Ethnologue to be a variant of Tagalog, a Central Philippine languages language within the Malayo-Polynesian languages of the Austronesian languages language family. In practical terms, however, Filipino is a synonym for the Tagalog language, especially as used by non-Tagalog people, who may sometimes refuse to refer to their language as Tagalog.A similar situation exists with Valencian language, which is the name for the Catalan language in Valencian Community.

One famous event where the definition between Filipino and Tagalog is challenged was during the impeachment trial of the former President of the Philippines, Joseph Estrada. When the presiding justice Hilario Davide asked in which language would the witness Emma Lim prefer to testify, Lim promptly answered "Tagalog", to which Davide promptly did not agree. According to Davide, nobody could testify in Tagalog because it is not the official language of the Philippines and there is no available interpreter from Tagalog to Filipino. However, the then President of the Senate of the Philippines, Franklin Drilon, sided on the oneness of the two languages saying that an interpreter will no longer be needed because everybody would understand the testimony in Tagalog.

Phonology Grammar Orthography Learning Resources Many of the following books are published in the Philippines. Many are available on www.amazon.com.

By Vito C. Santos

New Vicassan's English-Pilipino Dictionary, ISBN 971-27-0349-5
Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, ISBN 971-08-2900-9
Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary (Abridged Edition), ISBN 971-27-1707-0

By others

Learn Filipino: Book One by Victor Eclar Romero ISBN 1-932956-41-7
Learn Filipino: Book Two by Victor Eclar Romero ISBN 978-1-932956-42-9
Lonely Planet Filipino Tagalog (TravelTalk) ISBN 1-59125-364-0
Lonely Planet Pilipino Phrasebook ISBN 0-86442-432-9
UP Diksyonaryong Filipino by Virgilio Armario (ed.) ISBN 971-8781-98-6, and ISBN 971-8781-99-4
English-Pilipino Dictionary, Conuelo T. Panganiban, ISBN 971-08-5569-7
Diksyunaryong Filipino - English, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, ISBN 971-8705-20-1
Il nuovo dizionario filippino (English: The New Philippine Dictionary), by Dominador Limeta ISBN: 9710866176

References External links

Commission on the Filipino Language
Language planning in multilingual countries: The case of the Philippines, discussion by linguist and educator Andrew Gonzalez
The Language Planning Situation in the Philippines, by Andrew Gonzalez, FSC
The Metamorphosis of Filipino as a National Language
Filipinized transcription as applied in one blog
Filipino Languages - links about Filipino languages
Information on learning Filipino
Filipino Learner's Home
Tagalog: A Brief Look at the National Language
Tagalog dominance must be balanced by support for all languages

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