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Filipinos (Filipino: Mga Pilipino) [50] are citizens or people identified with the country of the Philippines.The majority of Filipinos today are predominantly Catholic [51] and come from various Austronesian peoples, all typically speaking Tagalog, English, or other Philippine languages.
Filipino (English: / ˌ f ɪ l ɪ ˈ p iː n oʊ / ⓘ, FIH-lih-PEE-noh; [1] Wikang Filipino, [ˈwi.kɐŋ fi.liˈpi.no̞]) is a language under the Austronesian language family.It is the national language (Wikang pambansa / Pambansang wika) of the Philippines, lingua franca (Karaniwang wika), and one of the two official languages (Wikang opisyal/Opisyal na wika) of the country, with English. [2]
[2] [page needed] [3] A Pinoy who has any non-Filipino foreign ancestry is often informally called Tisoy. Many Filipinos refer to themselves as Pinoy, sometimes the feminine Pinay (/ p ɪ ˈ n aɪ / Tagalog:), instead of the standard term Filipino. [2] [page needed] Filipino is the widespread formal word used to call a citizen of the Philippines.
Filipino women is an expression that is mainly used outside the Philippines and should be avoided in Philippine-related articles; in Philippine English, standard usage is Filipinas, Filipina women or, more rarely, Philippine women. Pinoy and the feminine form Pinay are the slang equivalents to Filipino and Filipina respectively, and apply to ...
Filipino is a standardized version of Tagalog, spoken mainly in Metro Manila. [30] Both Filipino and English are used in government, education, print, broadcast media, and business, with third local languages often being used at the same time. [31]
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.
A Tagalog speaker, recorded in South Africa.. Tagalog (/ t ə ˈ ɡ ɑː l ɒ ɡ / tə-GAH-log, [4] native pronunciation: [tɐˈɡaːloɡ] ⓘ; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority, mostly as or through Filipino.
Filipino may refer to: Something from or related to the Philippines. Filipino language, a de facto standardized variety of Tagalog, the national language, and one of the two official languages of the Philippines; Filipinos, people who are natives, citizens and/or nationals of the Philippines, natural-born or naturalized