(plural minuets) 1  A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupÃÂ©, a high step, and a balance. ( music) A tune or air to regulate the movements of the minuet dance: it has the dance form, and is commonly in 3/4, sometimes 3/8, measure.
In the Philippines, due to a history of multiple settlements, more than 170 languages ââare spoken and only 2 of them are official in the country: Filipino and English. With very little written, not much is known about this language for the history prior to the arrival of the Spanish during the sixteenth century.
According to the Philippine Census of 2000, 21.5 million people claim Tagalog as their first language. In addition, it is estimated that 50 million Filipinos speak Tagalog as a second language. English is the language of higher education and a lingua franc a in the Philippines, second only to Filipino.