Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - O yikarịrị ka a ga-esi n'ọchịchọ nke ịkọwa onwe ya na akụkọ ihe mere eme dịgasị iche iche nke mba archipelagic <unk> gụnyere 7,107 agwaetiti dị n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ Pacific Ocean <unk> nke na-alaghachi azụ afọ 30,000 tupu Spain na-achịkwa ya na narị afọ nke 16 ma mesịa ndị United States weghaara ya, nke dugara na ntiwapụ nke Agha Philippines <unk>American
(1899<unk>1902). E guzobere Commonwealth nke Philippines na 1935 na mba ahụ nweere onwe ya na 1946 mgbe agha na Pacific Theatre nke Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ kwụsịrị. Na Philippines, e nwere ihe karịrị otu narị asụsụ na iri asaa a na-asụ n'ebe ahụ. Na 1939, onye isi ala Manuel L. Quezon gbanwere asụsụ Tagalog ka ọ bụrụ "Wikang Pambansa" ("asụsụ mba"). Asụsụ ahụ ka gbanwere aha ya n'afọ 1959 dị ka "Filipino" site n'aka odeakwụkwọ nke agụmakwụkwọ bụ Jose Romero. Iwu nke 1973 kwupụtara na asụsụ Filipino bụ asụsụ gọọmentị, tinyere Bekee, ma nye iwu ka e mepụta asụsụ mba a ga-akpọ Filipino. Kemgbe ahụ, asụsụ abụọ a na-asụ n'obodo ahụ bụ Filipino na Bekee.