The POD is no later than 1935. If you are a leader of the Philippines, what would be your ideal lingua franca for Filipinos and why you choose such language.
If you ask me, I prefer Spanish rather than Tagalog because for a Tagalog to communicate a Visaya way back 1900, you need to be a conversant in Spanish, thus Spanish was and should be the lingua franca for the Philippines. For me, the selection of Tagalog as national language in 1935 was a mistake because it alienated Visayans which were more numerous than Tagalogs that time.
If you ask me, I prefer Spanish rather than Tagalog because for a Tagalog to communicate a Visaya way back 1900, you need to be a conversant in Spanish, thus Spanish was and should be the lingua franca for the Philippines. For me, the selection of Tagalog as national language in 1935 was a mistake because it alienated Visayans which were more numerous than Tagalogs that time.