Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Chido chekuzvizivisa chinogona kunge chakanangana nenhoroondo yakasiyana-siyana uye yakazvimiririra yenyika yechitsuwa <unk> inosanganisira zviwi 7,107 kumadokero kwePacific Ocean <unk> iyo inodzokera kumashure makore 30,000 isati yave yakatorwa neSpain muzana remakore rechi16 uye gare gare yakatorwa neUnited States, izvo zvakatungamirira pakuputika kwePhilippine-American War
(1899<unk>1902). Commonwealth yePhilippines yakavambwa muna 1935 nenyika ichiwana rusununguko rwayo muna 1946 mushure mekurwisana muPacific Theatre yeHondo Yenyika Yechipiri kwapera. Philippines ine mitauro yomunzvimbomo inopfuura 170, mizhinjisa yayo iri yebazu reMalayo-Polynesian remhuri yemitauro yeAustronesian. Muna 1939, purezidhendi panguva iyoyo Manuel L. Quezon akatumidza mutauro wechiTagalog kuti "Wikang Pambansa" ("mutauro wenyika"). Mutauro wacho wakazotumidzwazve zita rokuti "Filipino" muna 1959 negurukota rezvedzidzo Jose Romero. Bumbiro remutemo ra1973 rakazivisa mutauro wechiPhilippine kuva mutauro-wepamutemo, pamwe chete nechiRungu, uye rakapa basa rekuvandudza mutauro wenyika unozozivikanwa sechiPhilippine. Kubvira ipapo, mitauro miviri yepamutemo chiPhilippines nechiNgezi.