About 96% of the Filipinos can speak Tagalog while 5 out of 10 Filipinos can speak English fluently. The elders can speak Spanish because Spanish language was incorporated in the school curriculum some decades ago.
Filipinos speak Filipino, which is based on Tagalog. They also commonly speak English due to historical influences and colonization by the United States.
About 56% of Filipinos are proficient in English, making it one of the official languages of the Philippines alongside Filipino (Tagalog). English is widely used in government, business, and education in the country.
The country where people speak English and Tagalog is the Philippines. English and Filipino (which is based on Tagalog) are both official languages of the Philippines.
As a native language, in Luzon. Spoken by the Tagalogs who themselves are actually mestizos now since many have intermingled with Spanish during the colonial era. Filipino is the national standardized form of Tagalog, by the Philippine government. Only 55% of Filipinos speak Tagalog/Filipino as a native language. All others speak their own dialects, Cebuano, Chavacano, Waray-Waray, Bahasa Tausug and such. Those Filipinos speak Filipino (Tagalog) simply as a second language or a lingua franca. It is the unifying language of the Philippines. Also, Filipinos in America and Filipino communities speak Filipino/Tagalog as well as their own native dialects. Although their offspring and descendants 80% of the time no longer speak any Filipino language or dialect as they all speak English.
"Do you speak English?" if translated to Tagalog/Filipino language would be, "Nagsasalita ka ba ng Ingles?" or "Nag-iigles ka ba?"
Filipinos speak Filipino, which is based on Tagalog. They also commonly speak English due to historical influences and colonization by the United States.
About 56% of Filipinos are proficient in English, making it one of the official languages of the Philippines alongside Filipino (Tagalog). English is widely used in government, business, and education in the country.
The country where people speak English and Tagalog is the Philippines. English and Filipino (which is based on Tagalog) are both official languages of the Philippines.
As a native language, in Luzon. Spoken by the Tagalogs who themselves are actually mestizos now since many have intermingled with Spanish during the colonial era. Filipino is the national standardized form of Tagalog, by the Philippine government. Only 55% of Filipinos speak Tagalog/Filipino as a native language. All others speak their own dialects, Cebuano, Chavacano, Waray-Waray, Bahasa Tausug and such. Those Filipinos speak Filipino (Tagalog) simply as a second language or a lingua franca. It is the unifying language of the Philippines. Also, Filipinos in America and Filipino communities speak Filipino/Tagalog as well as their own native dialects. Although their offspring and descendants 80% of the time no longer speak any Filipino language or dialect as they all speak English.
"Do you speak English?" if translated to Tagalog/Filipino language would be, "Nagsasalita ka ba ng Ingles?" or "Nag-iigles ka ba?"
They speak Tagalog, which has some elements of Spanish. There are other minor languages as well.
No, not really. It's no longer spoken or taught as an official language. Today there are a minority of people who can speak Spanish, but as time goes by that number is decreasing. Spanish was the official language of the Philippines for more than three centuries during Spanish colonial rule. Today, the official languages of the Philippines are Filipino and English. Of the 175 languages spoken in the Philippines today, Spanish is spoken by only 2000 people, and dwindling. Some Filipinos speak Spanish as a second language. Tagalog and English are the official languages of the Philippines.
No, the Philippines has their own language called Filipino and the majority also speak English.
Filipino, a language based on Tagalog, is the official language of the Philippines. Yes, Filipinos speak in various languages and dialects. Since many Filipinos are of mixed ancestry, they can switch from one language to another. Many Filipinos are multilingual. English is used a lot especially in the city. In the regions, different dialects are spoken. Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan
To say "I don't speak English" in Tagalog, you would say "Hindi ako marunong mag-English."
It may not be the Queen's English but English is both the language of choice and custom.
All of the Puerto Ricans I have known speak both English and Spanish, but the English is spoken with varying degrees of fluency. Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony until the United States took it away in 1898, along with the Philippines and other possessions of the Spanish Empire. [The Philippines became independent from the US in 1946, but many Filipinos still speak English as well as Spanish.] As many Peurto Ricans work in the continental US, the speaking of English comes in handy.