Locale Fil Ph
Use when working with the Filipino (Philippines) locale (`fil-PH`) — its endonym Filipino (Pilipinas), Latin script, left-to-right (LTR) direction, or spoken-population data. Reference data and translation guidance (register, grammar, idiom, typography) for this specific locale; see [[locale]] for general i18n/l10n concepts (BCP 47, plural rules, RTL) that apply across all locales.
Reference data for the Filipino (Philippines) locale — endonym Filipino (Pilipinas), written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).
Identifiers
- BCP 47 tag:
fil-PH - ISO 639-1: not assigned
- ISO 639-3:
fil - Script: Latn (Latin)
- Region: PH (Philippines)
- Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)
Speakers (approximate)
- L1 (native): 29,000,000
- L2 (additional): 54,000,000
- L1+L2 (total): 83,000,000
Base locale
This is a regional variant of Locale Fil 001 (Filipino), the base/macro locale for this language.
Pluralization
CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).
- one —
v = 0 and i = 1,2,3 or v = 0 and i % 10 != 4,6,9 or v != 0 and f % 10 != 4,6,9(e.g. 0~3, 5, 7, 8, …) - other — everything else (e.g. 4, 6, 9, 14, …)
See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.
Translating into this locale
Apply Locale Fil 001 with the conventions of the Philippines.
- Context: English and Filipino are both official; regional languages such as Cebuano, Ilocano, and Hiligaynon are widely spoken. National content uses Filipino or English; do not substitute Tagalog dialect words for Filipino where the standard form exists.
- Formats: peso (₱) before the amount; month-day-year dates common in Filipino text; decimal point and comma thousands separator.
- Names: given name, middle name (the mother's maiden name), then family name; honorifics (Ginoo, Ginang, Binibini) and "po" show respect.
- Tone: warm and respectful; Taglish is acceptable in informal brand voice but not in formal or legal text.
Common pitfalls
- Using Taglish in formal documents.
- Omitting honorific particles when addressing elders.
- The general pitfalls in Locale Fil 001 also apply.
Learn more
- Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
- Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
- Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (https://kwf.gov.ph)