Philippine English in the OED October update

"When you press the button, it's not just a small wife who is having dinner at the table at 6 PM."

"On the other hand, my husband is my objection, he likes to get up all night."

"Do not panic if your husband or wife has any of these diseases and you have not yet developed them."

# 4 Philippines There are two official languages ​​in the Philippines, Filipino and English. Only about 37,000 Filipinos speak English as the primary language. However, over 92% of the population can use it as a second language. Among the recent Philippine population, it is estimated that there are 90 million English speaking people on the island. # 5 Nigeria Have you ever wondered why there are lots of sales emails from Nigeria, not Kenya or Zimbabwe? There are many reasons, but it may be one of the reasons that the proportion of people who speak English is relatively high. In Nigeria, about 53% (79 million) of the population can speak English, and only a few people are proficient in English.

Currently, according to the census published by the Philippine government in 2005, 27,000 people in the Philippines use English as the first language and 42,500,000 people regard it as the second language. Behind the fifth largest country in English-speaking countries. In the 48 years of career, Americans have influenced Filipinos in various ways: American education system, American government, American dream, and Western culture. But the most important gift that Americans teach Filipinoses may be English.

I have just returned from the Philippines. English is the official language here and there are local Filipino. This does not mean that everyone understands or speaks English but it means that contact with the language is very nice and people speaking it can communicate very fluently. I impressed me that even those who have never left the Philippines can speak fluent English. According to the score of 2010 TOEFL (English as a foreign language test) in the Educational Testing Service (ETS) ranking, the Philippines is ranked 35th among 163 countries. The only countries in Asia with a higher score than the Philippines are Singapore (98 in the world ranking, 98 in the score) and India (19, score 92). The Philippines ranked Philippines by 35 points.