Influenza pandemic. An influenza pandemic is an epidemic of an influenza virus that spreads on a worldwide scale and infects a large proportion of the world population. In contrast to the regular seasonal epidemics of influenza, these pandemics occur irregularlyâthere have been about 9 influenza pandemics during the last 300 years.
Chinese is also used in commerce. Very few Filipinos speak Spanish. <b>Filipino</b>, a language based on <b>Tagalog</b>, is the national language of the Philippines. Unfortunately, Tagalog is spoken by only 55 percent of the Filipinos. Other dialects spoken in the Philippines are Aklanon, Bicolano, Capiznon, Cebuano, Chavacano, Davaweno, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Kagayanen, Kinaray-a, Pampangan, Pangasinan, Sambal, Surigaonon, Tagalog and a hundred more.
Ethnic groups of Cebuano speakers from Cebu are mainly called Cebuano, Cebuano speakers from Bohol are Boholano/Bol-anon, while Cebuano speakers in Leyte identify their dialect as Kana (Leyte Cebuano or LeyteÃ±o). Speakers in Mindanao and Luzon refer to the language simply as Binisaya or Bisaya.