Tayabas Tagalog

Tayabas Tagalog (also known as Tayabasin) is a distinct form of Tagalog primary spoken by the native Tagalog people of Quezon, Philippines. This dialect has evolved over time and retains unique linguistic features and vocabulary influenced by the province history and culture. It is called Tayabas Tagalog because Tayabas is the old name of the province, and Tagalog is the language generally used in the area. Within the province, there are also variants of dialectal terms that may be peculiar to other towns, adding to the linguistic diversity of the area.

Tayabas Tagalog
Quezon Tagalog
Tayabasin ᜆᜌᜊᜐᜒᜈ᜔
The term "Tayabasin" written in Baybayin script with horizontal virama ("pangaltas")
Native to	Philippines
Region	Quezon
Ethnicity	Tagalog people
Native speakers	Quezonin | Tayabasin
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Tagalog Tayabas Tagalog
Writing system	Latin (Abakada or Filipino alphabet); Baybayin (revitalizing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	taya1253

Dialectal vocabulary

Tayabas Tagalog highlights thousands of native vocabulary words that are not present in Bulacan-Manila Tagalog, as documented in the lexicographic study of  Dr. E. Arsenio Manuel. Most of Tayabasin dialectal vocabulary can be found in Vocabulario De Lengua Tagala, the first Spanish-Tagalog dictionary written by Pedro de San Buenaventura in 1613. This means that the words preserved in Tayabas Tagalog were already in use even before the Spaniards conquered the Philippines.

English	General/Basic Tagalog	Tayabas Tagalog (Quezon)
invite	yaya	akit
bunch of coconuts	buwig ng niyog	bagaybay
a tool used for scraping coconut meat	kayuran o kudkuran ng niyog	kabyawan
cloud/ nimbus	ulap	dagim
handrail	hawakan sa hagdan	guyabnan
scythe	kawit	halabas
throw in the fire	ilagay sa apoy	isugba
remote area/ farm	kabukiran, rural na lugar	linang
young coconut	buko	mura
skewer	pantuhog	tindagan

_{Selected Quezonian or Tayabas Tagalog vocabulary (Focus on Lucenahin words)}