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.
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.