philippines english speaking population
Posted in Philippines General Information on 02/03/2006 08:19 pm by admin 
filipino and english is the official language of the Philippines, so why do not they all speak English?
Does 100% of the population of the Philippines address filipino?
Filipino and English are both the Official Language of the Philippines, but Filipino is the ONLY National Language. Filipino is strictly entrenched to live in Manila and surrounding areas and throughout Southern Luzon. This is the "language of the heart and soul of the Filipino people", and used daily at home. Filipino is the language of the day day life and the mass media. Currently, it has become fashionable to use Formal Filipino Official (and even in some Private) ceremony. English is known as the "language of the elite ". English is the language of business, education, law, medicine, and science, including the government. Most of the broadsheets are in English, and most the Philippine elite (such as Spanish Mestizos and Amerasians) use English as their first language at home. There is also a current English-only phenomenon Filipinos in the middle class which aims to make English the first language of the next generation of urban Filipinos. A congressman recently filed a bill to make English the sole medium of instruction for schools throughout the country, replacing the current bilingual (English / Filipino) system. Spanish is affirmed by Presidential decree (Marcos during the period) as an Official Language and mandate right now is not void by the Constitution or any similar law. There's a widespread rumor that the Spanish was reaffirmed as an Official language (and be a further study needed) in January 2008 by President Arroyo, although it has not been confirmed public. About 65% of all Filipinos speak fluent English, the rest may have different turns very fluent in the language. For the remaining 35%, Speak English in the Philippines are usually excellent, but Written English is satisfactory. About 80% of all Filipinos speak fluent Filipino, the rest either do not know Filipino or talk to some difficulties. Others just choose not to speak the language. For many Filipinos, their first encounter of the Filipino are in school, including English. About 2% of all Filipinos speak fluent Spanish, and a great majority of the population can understand The main Spanish for thousands of Spanish loan words in the Philippine language. About 50% of Filipinos speak Cebuano, 5% speak Chinese, and 2% speak fluent Arabic.
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