PHILIPPINE ENGLISH

Cards (5)

  • Philippine English is one of the very few American-transplanted Englishes.
  • The language was introduced in the country by American colonization that started in 1898.
  • Danica Salazar - a Filipino lexicographer who works as Consultant
    Editor on the dictionary
  • The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has included 40
    Philippine English terms and expressions in its June 2015 update.
  • there were around 42 million or 70% of the population who are able to use English,