EN 211 Quiz 1

All Philippine languages belong to the _____________ group of the Austronesian language family.

• Philippine Ethnolinguistic

• Western Malayo-Polynesian

• Indo-Malaysian

• Austronesian

The earliest Austronesian speakers arrived in the ________ Philippines.

• southern

• northern

• eastern

• western

In the Philippines, at least ten languages are presently spoken by more than a million population. These are Sebuano, Ilokano, Hiligaynon, Bikol, Samar-Leyte, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Magindanao, and Tagalog (Grimes, 2000).

• Spanish

• Chavacano

• Bisaya

• Maranao

The descendants of the original non-Austronesian inhabitants of the Philippines, whose original languages were ultimately replaced by those of the culturally more dominant Austronesians.

• Austronesian

• Malayo

• Negritos

• Malayo-Polynesian

This is a creole language spoken mainly in Zamboanga City and surrounding areas.

• Maranao

• Arabic

• Chavacano

• Magindanao

According to Ethnologue (2020). Philippines has _______languages.

• 160

• 175

• 186

• 190

The Order required the use of English as medium of instruction for science and mathematics subjects and the use of Filipino as medium of instruction for all other subjects in the elementary and high school levels.

• Dept. Order No. 1, s. 1974

• Dept. Order No. 52, s. 1974

• Dept. Order No. 25, s. 1974

• 1987 Constitution

Bilingual education in the Philippines is defined operationally as the separate use of Filipino and English as the _____________ in specific subject areas.

• spoken languages

• preferred languages

• media of instruction

• subjects to offer

In Section 6 of ____________, the national language of the Philippines is Filipino.

• Bilingual Education Program of 1974

• Department Order No. 52, s. 1987

• Dept. Order No. 25, s. 1974

• 1987 Constitution

The language which has the most impact on the languages of the Philippines is _________.

• Malay

• Spanish

• American

• Chinese