Tagalog language
Austronesian language
Tagalog[3] is one of the main languages spoken in the Philippines. More than twenty-two million people speak it as their first language. It originally was spoken by the Tagalog people of the Philippines, who were mainly in Bulacan, Cavite, and some parts of the island of Luzon. Now it is spoken nationwide, just like English. It is a mix of Spanish, Malay, and English. It originally was used with an abugida, the Baybayin script, but now the Latin alphabet is used to write the words.
| Tagalog | |
|---|---|
| Wikang Tagalog | |
| Native to | Philippines |
| Region | Central and South Luzon |
| Ethnicity | Tagalog people |
Native speakers | 28 million (2007)[1] 96% of the Philippines can speak Tagalog (2000)[2] |
Standard forms | |
| Dialects |
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| Latin (Tagalog/Filipino); Historically Baybayin | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Philippines (in the form of Filipino) |
| Regulated by | Commission on the Filipino Language |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | tl |
| ISO 639-2 | tgl, fil |
| ISO 639-3 | tgl – inclusive codeIndividual code: fil – Filipino |
| Linguasphere | 31-CKA |
 Predominantly Tagalog-speaking regions in the Philippines. The color-schemes represent the 4 dialect zones of the language: Northern, Central, Southern, and Marinduque. In addition, Tagalog is used as a second language across the entire country. | |
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Some helpful phrasesEdit
- Doon: there
- Banyo: Bathroom
- Wala: none
- May ______ ba kayo?: Do you have ______?(formal)
- Mayroon po: Response to "May ______ ba kayo", meaning "Yes, sir".
- Wala po: Opposite of "Mayroon po".
- Kayo: you (formal), informally, it refers to "you all".
- Magkano ito?: How much is this?
- po: ma'am or sir (used in sentences to be polite to an elder speaker)
- Mabuhay!: Long Live
- Sino Ka?: Who are you?
- Ako po si (Pangalan)...: I am (Name)...
- Mahal kita: I love you
- Nanay: Mom
- Tatay: Dad
- Hindi: No
- Bakit?: Why?
- Saan?: Where?
- Ano?: What?
- Kailan?: When?
- Sino: Who?
Related pagesEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007
- ↑ "Educational characteristics of the Filipinos". Census.gov.ph. 2005-03-18. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
- ↑ English, Leo James (1990). "Tagalog, Pilipino". Tagalog-English Dictionary. Check date values in:
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Other websitesEdit
| Tagalog edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Tagalog at Wikibooks
Filipino phrasebook travel guide from Wikivoyage
Media related to Tagalog language at Wikimedia Commons
