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Endangered and extinct languages in the Philippines are based on the 3rd world volume released by UNESCO in 2010. Degree of endangerment (UNESCO standard) Safe: language is spoken by all generations; intergenerational transmission is uninterrupted. Vulnerable: most children speak the language, but it may be restricted to certain domains (e.g ...
The Philippine languages or Philippinic are a proposed group by R. David Paul Zorc (1986) and Robert Blust (1991; 2005; 2019) that include all the languages of the Philippines and northern Sulawesi, Indonesia—except Sama–Bajaw (languages of the "Sea Gypsies") and the Molbog language (disputed)—and form a subfamily of Austronesian languages.
The adoption of regional languages as a medium of teaching is based on studies that indicate that the use of mother tongues as languages of instruction improves the comprehension and critical thinking skills of children and facilitates the learning of second languages such as English and Filipino.
The Central Philippine languages are the most geographically widespread demonstrated group of languages in the Philippines, being spoken in southern Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, and Sulu. They are also the most populous, including Tagalog (and Filipino ), Bikol , and the major Visayan languages Cebuano , Hiligaynon , Waray , Kinaray-a , and Tausug ...
This is a list of languages by total number of speakers. It is difficult to define what constitutes a language as opposed to a dialect . For example, Chinese and Arabic are sometimes considered single languages, but each includes several mutually unintelligible varieties , and so they are sometimes considered language families instead.
Philippine languages — of the Malayo-Polynesian languages subgroup of the Austronesian languages. The Philippine languages make up the oldest non-Formosan branch of the Austronesian languages family. For other languages spoken in the Philippines archipelago, see: Languages of the Philippines.
The Greater Central Philippine languages are a proposed subgroup of the Austronesian language family, defined by the change of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *R to *g. They are spoken in the central and southern parts of the Philippines and in northern Sulawesi , Indonesia . [ 1 ]
Pages in category "Languages of the Philippines" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...