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Why do Philippines write using Latin characters?

Why do Philippines write using Latin characters?

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The language you are referring to is called Tagalog. There's very little knowledge about this language. It had been strongly influenced by the Spanish people who came to the Philippines in the 16th century.

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The Modern Filipino alphabet (officially Makabagong alpabetong Filipino) is made up of 28 letters, which includes the entire 21-letter set of the 

Abakada (including ng) and 8 letters from the Spanish alphabet (namely C, F, J, Ñ, Q, V, X and Z). It was once formerly known as the abakada when it was created by Lope K. Santos during the American colonial period. It is used today as the writing system for all autochtonous Austronesian languages in the Philippines and occasionally in writing Chabacano, a Spanish-derived creole.
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hello my name is michael jansen how are you today?
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