Filipino is a Spanish word, and Spanish does not use the digraph ph.
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.
There are many words that start with a ph, but sounds like an "f" sound. For instance: phantom, phone, philanthropy, philosophy, phlegm, phobia, phosphate, photo, physical, physics, phytoplankton
'Sound like F' Ph WordsSome words that are spelled with a pH that sounds like an f are: pharmacyphenolphialphlebotomyphonephrasephysical
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.
Nothing in ancient greek starts with an "f". Tyhe Greeks had no letter "f", instead they had "phi" which is like the "pH" sound at the beginning of "philosophy". Many words begun with "pH" Love - philos fear - phobos light - photos
no it has to be PH instead of F
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Trick question. There is no F in the Greek alphabet. Nearest is Phi = pH - which you find in our adaptions of Greek to English, such as philosophy, philanthrophy, phallic, aphorism.
By a pH-electrometer (instrumental, accurate, expensive) or by 'pH indicator'-paperstrips
The average temperature in Philippines is 27.7 °C (82 °F).
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A tongue twister with "ph" and "gh" sounds and the letter "f" is: "Fred fed Phil’s phat pheasant in the phosphorescent light."