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Filipino is a Spanish word, and Spanish does not use the digraph ph.

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The spelling of "Filipino" with an F instead of a Ph is due to the influence of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines, where the F sound is used instead of the Ph sound found in English. This spelling has been retained in modern usage.


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Why is Filipino spelled with an f and Philippines spelled with a pH?

The difference in spelling is due to the pronounciation of the english language. In the Philipeans, Filipino is spelled Pilipino. Since in english this does not sound like a, F, english replaces the P with an F rather then adding an h. NO. It has nothing to do with how it is spelled in English language. The Spanish called it Las Islas Filipinas. The original term by the Spanish to describe its people were Filipinos.


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