Filipino language

This article is about the national language and one of the two official languages of the Philippines. For other languages, see Languages of the Philippines. For a proposed subgroup of the Austronesian language family, see Philippine languages. For the language from which Filipino de facto evolved and developed alongside with, see Tagalog language.

Filipino
Wikang Filipino
Pronunciation	[ˈwikɐŋ filiˈpino]
Native to	Philippines
Region	All regions of the Philippines, especially in Metro Manila, and in other urban centers in the archipelago
Native speakers	L1: 29 million (2010) L2: 54 million (2020) Total: 83 million
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Central Philippine Kasiguranin–Tagalog Tagalog Filipino
Early forms	Proto-Austronesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Greater Central Philippine Proto-Central Philippine Proto-Philippine Old Tagalog Tagalog
Writing system	Latin (Filipino alphabet) Philippine Braille
Official status
Official language in	Philippines
Regulated by	Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-2	fil
ISO 639-3	fil
Glottolog	fili1244
Linguasphere	31-CKA-aa

Filipino (English: /ˌfɪlɪˈpiːnoʊ/ ^ⓘ FIL-ih-PEE-noh; Wikang Filipino [ˈwikɐŋ filiˈpino]) is the national language of the Philippines, the main lingua franca, and one of the two official languages of the country, along with 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. This constitutional framework reflects an effort to develop the national language while recognizing the contribution of the Philippines' many regional languages.