Philippines List of countries where Spanish is an official language

spanish official language of philippines beginning of hispanic period in 1565 , through independence until constitutional change in 1973. however, president ferdinand marcos had spanish redesigned official language under presidential decree no. 156, dated 15 march 1973 , spanish remained official until 1987, when re-designated voluntary , optional auxiliary language.

on 8 august 2007, president gloria macapagal-arroyo announced philippine government asked spanish government in plan reintroduce spanish required subject in philippine school system. 2012, language compulsory subject @ select number of secondary schools. in spite of government promotion of spanish, less 0.5% of population able speak spanish @ least proficiently.

while spanish designated optional government language in philippines, usage limited , not present in everyday life. in country, spanish regulated philippine academy of spanish language.