What is the universal development of the Filipino language?

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1. ELI says:

   September 20, 2009 at 4:53 pm

   If you’re asking how the Filipino language came to develop (your question is worded weirdly?), it’s actually mostly an adaptation of Tagalog (from the word Taga-ilog, a person from the river), one of the main languages in Luzon, the northernmost and biggest island in the country, where the central government was historically established. Many words from the vast number of dialects in the country where also incorporated, as well as a fair number of transformed terms from Spanish, and English.

   Filipino is a growing language that reflects much of our history.
   Our trade relationships with a vast number of cultures meant the assimilation of Indian, Chinese, and Arab influences in language even before we were first colonized by Western powers. Local Filipino dialects originate from the Indo-Malayan prototype/family of languages. (Even some of our cuss words are offensive in Indonesia or Malaysia.) Tagalog itself was actually declared and advocated as a national language by former president Manuel L. Quezon, in his attempts at promoting national unity and identity, in the face of regionalism, and American colonialism.
2. gene_frequency says:

   September 20, 2009 at 4:53 pm

   the most significant universal development of the Filipino language came when in the 20th century, President Ferdinand Marcos mandated that Tagaolog would be the official language of the Philippines.