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Show Dialects In the Philippines. Thero aro 30 different races, "in tho I'hlllppino Islands, all spenklng distinct dis-tinct dialects, tho largest tribe being tho Vlsayans, who form nearly one-fourth one-fourth of tho ontlro civilized population. popula-tion. The Tngulogs, occupying the provlncos in tho vicinity or Slnnllu, I rank second In number, nnd tho lo-can lo-can third. Education has beon practically prac-tically reorganized by tho Americana, i The number of perrons attending school Is 811.716. Six thousand teach ors nro omployod, four-fifths ot whom nro Filipinos. English is ver generally general-ly taught, nnd tho next generation of Filipinos will probably Hpeak that tongue. |