Philippine languages

The Philippine languages ​​are a sub- group of the Malayo -Polynesian languages.

To their area of ​​distribution throughout the national territory of the Philippines with the exception of the Sulu archipelago belongs in the extreme southwest, beyond Philippine languages ​​are also common in the northern part of the island belonging to Indonesia Sulawesi. In the Republic of China to the island belonging to Lan Yu, a Filipino language is spoken by Yami also.

The Filipino is with about 20 million speakers one of the largest Philippine languages ​​and the official language of the Philippines.

  • Language family
  • Malayo - Polynesian languages
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