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Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa ( Tagalog for 'National Language Month'), [ 1][ 2] simply known as Buwan ng Wika ('Language Month'), is a month-long annual observance in the Philippines held every August to promote the national language, Filipino. The Commission on the Filipino Language is the lead agency in charge of organizing events in relation to ...
Filipino (English: / ˌ f ɪ l ɪ ˈ p iː n oʊ / ⓘ, FIH-lih-PEE-noh; [1] Wikang Filipino, [ˈwi.kɐŋ fi.liˈpi.no̞]) is a language under the Austronesian language family.It is the national language (Wikang pambansa / Pambansang wika) of the Philippines, lingua franca (Karaniwang wika), and one of the two official languages (Wikang opisyal/Opisyal na wika) of the country, with English. [2]
The Sentro ng Wikang Filipino ( SWF; literally, "Center of the Filipino Language"), also known the Sentro, is a language academy, research center, and university-based publishing house that is part of the University of the Philippines System (UP). It has offices in various autonomous universities of UP System, the most notable of which is the ...
The Commission on the Filipino Language ( CFL ), [ 2] also referred to as the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino ( KWF ), [ a] is the official regulating body of the Filipino language and the official government institution tasked with developing, preserving, and promoting the various local Philippine languages. [ 4][ 5] The commission was established ...
Titibo-Tibo. " Titibo-Tibo " ( transl. Boyish) is a song recorded by Filipino singer Moira Dela Torre for her debut studio album Malaya. [ 1] It was composed by Libertine Amistoso and it is only interpreted by Moira. [ 2] The song won at the competition Himig Handog 2017 at the end of November held on ASAP. [ 2]
e. In the indigenous religion of the ancient Tagalogs, Bathalà/Maykapál was the transcendent Supreme God, [ 1] the originator and ruler of the universe. He is commonly known and referred to in the modern era as Bathalà, a term or title which, in earlier times, also applied to lesser beings such as personal tutelary spirits, omen birds ...
Tagalog and Cebuano are the most commonly spoken native languages, together comprising about half of the population of the Philippines. Filipino and English are the only official languages and are taught in schools. This, among other reasons, has resulted in a rivalry between the Tagalog and Cebuano language groups.
Philippines. Language. Tagalog. Subject (s) Language. " Sa Aking Mga Kabatà " (English: To My Fellow Youth) is a poem about the love of one's native language written in Tagalog. It is widely attributed to the Filipino national hero José Rizal, who supposedly wrote it in 1868 at the age of eight. [ 1] There is not enough evidence, however, to ...