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#201: Indigenous Language Politics in the Philippines
Asia Rising
English - March 27, 2023 04:16 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsPolitics News asia china japan la trobe university indonesia korea north korea south korea india Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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There are around 170 Indigenous languages spoken in the Philippines, as well as speakers of English, Spanish and several Chinese languages. Most people are multilingual, with more than 90 percent of the population speaking one or more language.
Guest: Professor Tuting Hernandez (Department of Linguistics, University of the Philippines)
Recorded on 22 November 2022.