Philippine Language Environment

Often, a Filipino may know a local minor language, then a regional language like Cebuano or Ilokano, then the national language Tagalog aka Filipino, then some English.  In the Tagalog region, there are places like Batangas, which has a variant Tagalog dialect called Batangueño, then people have to learn Standard Tagalog from Metro Manila, then some English.  It turns out that most Filipinos know three language varieties, sometimes four.

Personally, as a child, I learnt Standard Tagalog of Metro Manila, then the Batangueño Tagalog dialect of Ibaan, Batangas, then English.