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Philippine English
1.
2. General information
Philippine English is the variety of English used
in the Philippines.
English is taught in schools as one of the two
official languages of the country.
Philippine English is one of the very few
American-transplanted Englishes.
3. Geographical extension
The Philippines is an archipelago that consist
7,107 islands with a total land area of 300,000
square kilometers.
The 11 largest islands contain 94% of the total
land area.
5. Time-line
The islands were ceded by Spain to the United
States in 1898.
The language was introduced in the country by
American colonization.
In the implementing 1987 Constitution, English is
regarded as one of the two official languages of the
Philippines.
English plays a major role in Philippines.
Even learn it as a first language.
6. Linguistic characteristics
Many Filipinos write and speak in fluent English,
although there might be differences in diction and
pronunciation.
Philippine English follows American English spelling
and grammar.
Dates are also often read with a cardinal instead of
an ordinal number.
She/her, he/him used for inanimate things.
Past tense replacing the past participle.
Be as perfect auxiliary.
9. For more information
http://ewave-atlas.org/languages
http://ewave-atlas.org/languages/75
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_English
http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php/List_of_Tagalog_loanwords
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_loanwords_in_Tagalog
10. For more information
http://ewave-atlas.org/languages
http://ewave-atlas.org/languages/75
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_English
http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php/List_of_Tagalog_loanwords
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_loanwords_in_Tagalog