What are the 170 dialects in the Philippines?

Does Philippines have 170 languages?

There are around 120 to 175 languages in the Philippines depending on how they are classified. The official languages based on the current constitution are English and Filipino. … However, there are also some Filipinos who can speak languages derived from Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese.

Is Filipino a dying language?

According to the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), the Philippines has 183 living languages—almost 96 percent of which are indigenous. The SIL lists 11 of these as “dying,” while 28 are “in trouble.” Two Aeta languages, Dicamay Agta and Villa Viciosa Agta, are already extinct.

What country has the most dialects?

Ranked: The Countries with the Most Linguistic Diversity

• Papua New Guinea is the most linguistically diverse country in the world, with approximately 840 different languages spoken across the islands.
• In second place, Indonesia has around 711 different languages.