pure substance substance made up of only one type of particle (element or compound) examples: a bucket of pure water, a balloon of helium, a brick of pure gold atom smallest particle into which an element can be divided and still keep its same properties/characteristics
Languages in the Philippines. Filipino (formerly Pilipino) is based on Tagalog and is the official language of the Philippines. In spite of being the national language, only about 55 percent of Filipinos speak the language. In addition to Filipino are about 111 distinct indigenous languages and dialects, of which only about 10 are important regionally.
The Filipino language is based on the Tagalog language, which is classified as a member of the Austronesian, or Malayo-Polynesian, language family. One of the worldâs largest language families, the Austronesian language family is divided into two groups, Central-Eastern and Western.