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.
The Filipinos are a diverse people. They identify themselves based on one or several factors such as ancestry, language, religion or a shared history, apart from region. Ethnic groups in the Philippines identify themselves based on one or several factors like ancestry, language, religion or a shared history.he Bisaya or Visayan people are a multilingual ethnic grouplocated in the Visayas and a large part of Mindanao. Visayan languages with the most number of native speakers are Cebuano, with 20 million; Ilonggo (or Hiligaynon), with 7 million; and Waray-Waray, with 2.5 million.