philippines spanish language
Posted in Philippines General Information on 06/21/2008 06:20 pm by admin
Why not Spanish become an official language in the Philippines?
The Philippines was under Spanish rule for over 300 years and the colonial period is actually longer than in Mexico, Argentina, and many other Latin American countries. Interestingly enough, Spanish is a striking (official language) in most Latin American countries but not in the Philippines. How come Spanish does not become an official language (dominant language) in the Philippines?
Because the Spanish were prohibited by the Spaniards in the Philippines friars taught in schools for fear that Filipinos learned can start a reprisal against revolution and the Spanish colonial period. At most, only 10-15% of the population of the Philippines is conversant in Spanish, and all of them are pure Spaniards, Mestizos Spanish or Philippine education. It was during the Philippine Revolution until the first decade of American rule. Spanish will officially go down as an Official Language in 1975, and he was dropped as a required Subject from University College and the last 1987. At the behest of the European Union, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed an agreement with Spain about "secret" reinstating Spanish as Official Language in 2008. Rules, however, is not widely circulated and known in the Philippines. Today, English, Filipino, and 8 other languages of the Philippines * Official Language was, and only a Filipino National Language in the Philippines. Meanwhile, English, Filipino, Spanish, and Arabic are recognized Constitutional Languages. * The These are Ilokano, Pampangan, Pangasinan, Tagalog, Bicolano, Hiligaynon, Cebuano, and Waray.
