The document discusses Filipino languages spoken in the Philippines. It notes that the Philippines has over 100 languages and dialects, with Tagalog and English as the two official languages. Filipino languages did not originally have the 'F' or 'V' sounds. The document outlines the evolution of Tagalog to Pilipino to the current Filipino language, established in the 1987 Constitution. It is predicted that by the end of the century, most Filipinos will speak a form of Filipino, which incorporates elements from various Philippine languages as well as English, Spanish, and other foreign languages. Filipino has been influenced in its vocabulary by languages like Sanskrit, Arabic, Chinese, English and Spanish.

1. INTRODUCTION
TO FILIPINO
LANGUAGES
ALVAREZ, LIANNE ANGELA L.
REYES, JOELYN

2. The Philippines is a Southeast Asian
country of some 7,100 islands and
islets .
 It is populated by about 70 million
Filipinos.
300 languages and dialects
Diversity

3. Tagalog
120-175 additional language
each of the major languages has
several dialects that differ, especially
at the phonological and lexical
levels. Depending on their region of
origin.

4. English is the second recognized
language.
Filipino languages did not have
letters ‘F’ and ‘V’.

5. EXAMPLES:
F:
- PHILIPPINES
- F sound comes out as ‘p’
V:
- MOVIE
- V sounds comes out as ‘b’

6. Also the ‘th’ sounds becomes d
THERE
- the th sounds comes out as d
 Filipino languages has no gender
pronouns.

7. Tagalog
Pilipino
Filipino

8. Following the mandate of the 1935
Constitution, President Manuel
Quezon proclaimed Tagalog as the
basis of the national language in
1937. To free the Tagalog-based
national language from its ethnic ties
and therefore to facilitate its
acceptance.

9. In 1959 Tagalog was renamed
Pilipino.
the 1973 Constitution rescinded the
choice of Tagalog (Pilipino) as the
basis of the national language
(Gonzales, 1977).

10. Pilipino was established as one of the
two official languages of the
Philippines under the 1973
Constitution -- the other being
English.
The 1987 Constitution stipulates that
the National Assembly is to take steps
toward the formation of a genuine
national language to be called Filipino,
which will incorporate elements from
the various Philippine languages.

11.  Philippine language experts predict,
especially after the 1987
Constitutional deliberations, that
Pilipino will be renamed Filipino
characterized by an openness to
borrowings from the other Philippine
languages as well as from English,
Spanish, and other foreign languages.

12.  The 1980 Philippine census indicated
that close to 75 percent of Filipinos speak
a variety of Pilipino, especially in the
urban areas.
estimates that by the end of the century,
97.1 percent of Filipinos will speak a
colloquial or conversational form of
Filipino.

13. Linguistic
Features of the
Language

14. Filipino (Tagalog) has been influenced,
principally in vocabulary by the
languages with which they have come
into contact: Sanskrit, Arabic, Chinese,
English, and Spanish.

15. Some of the grammatical features of
the Philippine languages are the
complex system of affixes, especially
of verbal affixes.
It denote a special relationship
between the verb and a particular
noun phrase in the sentence often
referred to by Philippine linguists as
"topic" or "subject."

16. This relationship as actor, goal, or
referent in the sentence is usually
marked by an affix in the verb.

17. There are other prominent features
of the language such as;
- the use of markers in a sentence, the
reduplication of a syllable in a word,
and the use of particles between
words and phrases.