English is the most spoken language in the world, and is also the language with most width. The reason for this is not because it is the most international language, but because of the enormous numbers of second and third language speakers of English.Philippin English is one of the many forms of English in the world. Philippin English is a collective term used to denote the various varieties of English spoken by the Philippines and overseas. When one says Philippine English, one is usually talking about the varieties used in the National Capital Region, reflected in the media and in schools.
In written form, Philippine English follows American standards, nevertheless there are some exceptions when it comes to punctuation as well as date notations. An example is that dates are orally said with the day as a cardinal number instead of as a ordinal number (ex. “January one” instead of the “January first”) even if the written form is the same.
Some other distinct characters of the language is that it does not contain the [f] phoneme. Therefore some Filipinos substitute [p] for [f] in words that contain [f]. The [v] sound is also virtually non-existent in most major languages of the Philippines. Somewhat because the sounds [v
The fact that English is taught as a major subject in the Philippines from grade one till college, most of them master the language and grammar well.
I find it interesting how one language can be so different, in so many ways. In one part of the world to another, the same language may sound so incredibly different, even though it developed from the same place. Allthough I think the variety is incredible, I also find it amazing that we have this worldwide language, and even though it might be an awful lot different in the philippins than in Britain, they still understand eachother and can communicate. There has been a number of language debates going on for years and years, discussing weather or not English will take over, and become the only language of the world. Norwegian are one of those languages that is in danger of disappearing, but if you ask me I think it would be amazing if everyone in the world could speak the same language. Time will tell.
