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    Tagalog (Pilipino) Made Nice & Easy
    Tagalog (Pilipino) Made Nice & Easy
    Tagalog (Pilipino) Made Nice & Easy
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    Tagalog (Pilipino) Made Nice & Easy

    By The Editors of REA

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    Whether travelling to a foreign country or to your favorite international restaurant, this Nice & Easy guide gives you just enough of the language to get around and be understood. Much of the material in this book was developed for government personnel who are often assigned to a foreign country on a moment's notice and need a quick introduction to the language.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherResearch & Education Association
    Release dateJan 1, 2013
    ISBN9780738673608
    Tagalog (Pilipino) Made Nice & Easy

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      Tagalog (Pilipino) Made Nice & Easy - The Editors of REA

      NOTES

      PHILIPPINES FACTS & HISTORY

      Official Name: Republic of the Philippines

      Geography

      Area: 300,000 sq. km. (117,187 sq. mi.).

      Cities: Capital - Manila (pop. 9.9 million in metropolitan area); Davao (1.2 million), Cebu (0.7 million).

      Terrain: Islands, 65% mountainous, with narrow coastal lowlands.

      Climate: Tropical, astride typhoon belt.

      People

      Nationality: Noun - Filipino(s). Adjective - Philippine.

      Population: 83.9 million.

      Annual growth rate: 2.36%.

      Ethnic groups: Malay, Chinese.

      Religions: Catholic 85%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Buddhist and other 1%.

      Languages: Pilipino (based on Tagalog), national language; English, language of government and instruction in higher education.

      Government

      Type: Republic.

      Independence: 1946.

      Constitution: February 11, 1987.

      Branches: Executive - president and vice president. Legislative - bicameral legislature. Judicial - independent.

      Economy

      GDP: $84.2 billion.

      GDP per capita: $976.

      Annual growth rate: 6.1 %.

      Natural resources: Copper, nickel, iron, cobalt, silver, gold.

      Agriculture: Products - sugar, coconut products, rice, corn, pork, pineapple products, bananas, aquaculture, mangoes, eggs.

      Industry: Types - textiles and garments, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, wood products, food processing, electronics assembly, petroleum refining, fishing.

      Trade (2004): Exports - $39.6 billion. Imports - $40.3 billion.

      People and Language

      The majority of Philippine people are descendants of Indonesians and Malays who migrated to the islands long before the Christian era. The most significant ethnic minority group is the Chinese, who have played an important role in commerce since the ninth century when they first came to the islands to trade. As a result of intermarriage, many Filipinos have some Chinese and Spanish ancestry. Americans and Spaniards constitute the next largest alien minorities in the country. About 90% of the people are Christian; most were converted and Westernized to varying degrees during nearly 400 years of Spanish and American rule. The major non-Hispanicized groups are the Muslim population, concentrated in the Sulu Archipelago and in central and western Mindanao, and the mountain groups of northern Luzon. Small forest tribes live in the more remote areas of Mindanao.

      About 87 native languages and dialects are spoken, all belonging to the Malay-Polynesian linguistic family. Of these, eight are the first languages of more than 85% of the population. The three principal indigenous languages are Cebuano, spoken in the Visayas; Tagalog, predominant in the area around Manila; and Ilocano, spoken in northern Luzon. Since 1939, in an effort to develop national unity, the government has promoted the use of the national language, Pilipino, which is based on Tagalog. Pilipino is taught in all schools and is gaining acceptance, particularly as a second language. English, the most important nonnative language, is used as a second language by many, including nearly all professionals, academics, and government workers. In 2003, the president ordered the Department of Education to restore English as

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