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Stair risers showing some of the different regional languages used in the Philippines, from top to bottom: Filipino, Tagalog/ Filipino (written in Baybayin), Cebuano, Bicolano, Ilocano, Kapampangan, and Hiligaynon. The statement, when roughly translated to English, means "[Let us] meet and join. Christmas is fun in UP Manila."
The Philippines' Department of Education first implemented the program in the 2012–2013 school year. Mother Tongue as a subject is primarily taught in kindergarten and grades 1, 2 and 3. Mother Tongue as a subject is primarily taught in kindergarten and grades 1, 2 and 3.
In English, the word “love” can be used for friends, family, lovers, pets and slices of pizza, but other languages tend to be more specific about how they express their feelings.
One of the most popular examples of the kundiman genre, this "classic Filipino love song" [4] with original Tagalog lyrics has been translated into different languages. [5] The languages it was translated in include English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, and other local languages of the Philippines. [6]
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 ...
Most of the major languages of the Philippines belong to the Greater Central Philippine subgroup: Tagalog, the Visayan languages Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray; Central Bikol, the Danao languages Maranao and Magindanaon. [6] On the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, Gorontalo is the third-largest language by number of speakers. [7]
During the 19th century in Spanish Philippines, there was a set of body language expressed by courted women to communicate with their suitors. These are non-verbal cues which Ambeth Ocampo referred to as "fan language". These are called as such because the woman conveys her messages through silent movements that involve a hand-held fan.
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.