Family Quote by Mark David Ledbetter
““There are some 170 languages in the Philippines, almost all part of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian family. I would assume most of the 170 are focal points within a language continuum. Tagalog was the name given to the focal point spoken in the Manila area.””
![“[On The Philippines:] ... eighty dialects and languages are spoken; we are a fragmented nation of loyal believers, divided by blood feuds and controlled by the Church.” quote by Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b86/jessica-hagedorn-20937_asia_on-the-philippines-eighty-dialects-and-l_1727948.jpg)
![“Japanese verbs, for example, are agglutinative. The word ikasetakunakatta can fairly easily be divided into the five pieces – go-cause-want-not-past – that determine its meaning (“did not want to let [someone] go”). Only the first piece is clearly part of an actual independent word, but all five…” quote by Mark David Ledbetter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2ef/mark-david-ledbetter-34449_quote_japanese-verbs-for-example-are-agglutina_2021975.jpg)
