After the united states took control of the philippines, ______________ became the official language.

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English, in 1898 when the Spanish gave the United States control of the nation, the English language, although initially disfavored, became widely used in a matter of years, which was catalyzed by the coming of American teachers called Thomasites (Bolton & Bautista, 2004). Before the Americans supposedly gave the nation its well-deserved independence, language policy makers have started discussing about forming a common language for the Philippines Filipino.

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