Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ana iya danganta sha'awar gano kai ga bambancin tarihi da 'yancin kai na ƙasar tsibirin <unk> wanda ya ƙunshi tsibirai 7,107 a yammacin Tekun Pacific <unk> wanda ya koma shekaru 30,000 kafin Spain ta mallake shi a karni na 16 kuma daga baya Amurka ta mamaye shi, wanda ya haifar da barkewar Philippine <unk>American War
(1899 zuwa 1902). An kafa Commonwealth na Philippines a cikin 1935 tare da ƙasar ta sami 'yancin kai a cikin 1946 bayan tashin hankali a cikin Pacific Theater na Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ya ƙare. Filifin yana da harsuna fiye da 170 na asali a yankin, yawancinsu suna cikin reshen Malayo-Polynesian na dangin yaren Austronesian. A cikin 1939, shugaban kasar Manuel L. Quezon ya sake sunan yaren Tagalog a matsayin "Wikang Pambansa" ("harshen ƙasa"). Harshen ya sake sake suna a 1959 a matsayin "Filipino" daga Sakataren Ilimi Jose Romero. Kundin tsarin mulki na 1973 ya ayyana harshen Filipino a matsayin co-official, tare da Ingilishi, kuma ya ba da izinin ci gaban harshe na kasa da za a san shi da Filipino. Tun daga wannan lokacin, harsunan hukuma guda biyu sune Filipino da Ingilishi.