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In the Philippines, due to a history of multiple settlements, more than 170 languages ââare spoken and only 2 of them are official in the country: Filipino and English. With very little written, not much is known about this language for the history prior to the arrival of the Spanish during the sixteenth century.
There are some 120 to 175 languages in the Philippines, depending on the method of classification. Four others are no longer spoken. Almost all are Malayo-Polynesian languages, whereas one, Chavacano, is a creole derived from a Romance language. Two are official (English and Filipino), while (as of 2015) nineteen are official auxiliary languages. Including second-language speakers, there are more speakers of Filipino than English in the Philippines [1]. The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino enumerated 135 Philippine languages present in the country through its Atlas Filipinas map published in 2014.