Filipino language
Filipino (English: /ˌfɪlɪˈpiːnoʊ/ ⓘ; Wikang Filipino, [ˈwiːkɐŋ ˌfiːliˈpiːno]) is a language under the Austronesian language family. It is the national language (Wikang pambansa / Pambansang wika) of the Philippines, and one of the two official languages of the country, with English. It is a standardized variety of Tagalog based on the native dialect, spoken and written, in Metro Manila, the National Capital Region, and in other urban centers of the archipelago. The 1987 Constitution mandates that Filipino be further enriched and developed by the other languages of the Philippines.
| Filipino | |
|---|---|
| Wikang Filipino | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈwiːkɐŋ ˌfiːliˈpiːno] |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Ethnicity | Filipinos |
Native speakers | see Tagalog language |
| Latin (Filipino alphabet) Philippine Braille | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Philippines |
| Regulated by | Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | fil |
| ISO 639-3 | fil |
| Glottolog | fili1244 |
| Linguasphere | 31-CKA-aa |
Countries with more than 500,000 speakers
Countries with between 100,000–500,000 speakers
Countries where it is spoken by minor communities | |
Filipino, like other Austronesian languages, commonly uses verb-subject-object order, but can also use subject-verb-object order. Filipino follows the trigger system of morphosyntactic alignment that is also common among Austronesian languages. It has head-initial directionality. It is an agglutinative language but can also display inflection. It is not a tonal language and can be considered a pitch-accent language and a syllable-timed language. It has nine basic parts of speech.