Filipino
Filipino is an Austronesian language spoken in Philippines, by about 90 million people.
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Filipino (historically Pilipino) is the national language, the main lingua franca, and one of the two official languages of the Philippines alongside English. It is a de facto standardized form of the Tagalog language, as spoken and written in Metro Manila and in other urban centers of the archipelago. The 1987 Constitution mandates that Filipino be further enriched and developed by the other languages of the Philippines.
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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