This document presents some of the issues involved in deciding on a national language for the Philippines. It is noted that the Philippines needs a national language which would be accepted by most of the forty-five million Filipinos. If the trend continues for the next five years and if the trend in the Philippines to shift Pilipino (the national language that is known today) to Filipino (the national language that is still to be developed) likewise continues, will Filipino be different from Pilipino? Will the Pilipino language that children currently use be obsolete in years to come? Can the present Pilipino bilingual teacher teach in the language of the future Filipino immigrant child? What will be the implications of the language movement in the Philippines to the Pilipino bilingual programs in the U.S.? These and other related questions are addressed by several papers and by the proceedings of a workshop titled, "What is Pilipino?" The first major article discusses a language policy survey undertaken as a basis for making policy decisions and as a baseline for evaluating the results of any change in language policy. The second paper refutes the claim that the Pilipino language is inadequate to use in any scientific discussion. The third paper proposes a solution to non acceptance of Pilipino; the development of a new language called Filipino. (Author/AM)