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Sovereignty passed from Spain to the United States on April 11, 1899 with the exchange of treaty ratifications between those countries. The Philippines continued as a U.S. territory until July 4, 1946, when the U.S. relinquished sovereignty and recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines.
The 1987 Constitution under President Corazon Aquino declared Filipino to be the national language of the country. Filipino and English were named as the country's official languages, with the recognition of regional languages as having official auxiliary status in their respective regions (though not specifying any particular languages).
The Philippines, [f] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [g] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
As of 2024, there are 57 sovereign states and 28 non-sovereign entities where English is an official language. Many administrative divisions have declared English an official language at the local or regional level. Most states where English is an official language are former territories of the British Empire.
Philippine English (similar and related to American English) is a variety of English native to the Philippines, including those used by the media and the vast majority of educated Filipinos and English learners in the Philippines from adjacent Asian countries. English is taught in schools as one of the two official languages of the country, the ...
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
India (Urdu dialect and in script it is Sanscrit with 21 other regional languages, and with English as a link language) Uru-Chipaya : Bolivia (with Spanish , Quechua , Guaraní and 33 other languages) [ 10 ]
An enlargeable basic map of the Philippines. Pronunciation: / ˈ f ɪ l ə p iː n z / ⓘ Abbreviations: PH or PHL; Common English country name: Philippines, the Philippines; Official English country name: Republic of the Philippines; Common endonyms: Philippines, Pilipinas, Pinas (informal) Official endonym: Republic of the Philippines ...