N'ihi akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Philippines nke mmekọrịta dị mgbagwoju anya na ọtụtụ ọdịbendị n'ofe ụwa dum, yana mmetụta mpaghara, asụsụ Filipino nwere ihe ndekọ kachasị mma nke okwu ndị mba ọzọ na-ejikarị eme ihe kwa ụbọchị n'etiti ọtụtụ asusu ụwa n'ihi na asụsụ Filipino ejirila asụsụ dị iche iche dị ka Bekee, Latin, Greek, Spanish, Hibru, Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Tamil, Malay, Chinese, Japanese, na Nahuatl mee ka ọ baa ọgaranya. N'ọtụtụ obodo, a na-asụkwa asụsụ Spanish.
Obodo ukwu Manila na mpaghara obodo ndị ọzọ