Tagalog language
Tagalog[3] is one of the main languages spoken in the Philippines and is the national language of the country. More than 22 million people speak it as their first language.
| 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] |
| Language family | |
| Standard forms | |
| Dialects | Bataan
Bulacan
Lubang
Manila
Marinduque
Tanay-Paete
Tayabas
Balbal
|
| Writing system | 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 code Individual 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. | |
It was originally spoken by the Tagalog people in the Philippines, who were mainly in Bulacan, Cavite, and some parts of Luzon. Now, Tagalog is spoken nationwide and used by Filipinos from different parts of the country to understand each other.
It originally was used with an abugida, the Baybayin script, but the Latin alphabet is now used.
Sample phrases
- Magandang Umaga! - Good Morning!
- Magandang Gabi! - Good Evening!
- Magandang Tanghali! - Good Afternoon!
- Kumusta!/Kamusta? - How are you?/Hello! (Informal)
- 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
- 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?
Tagalog Language Media
The base consonants and vowels of the Baybayin script, the original writing system of Tagalog
Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, 1794.
Diariong Tagalog (Tagalog Newspaper), the first bilingual newspaper in the Philippines founded in 1882 written in both Tagalog and Spanish.
No dumping sign along the highway in the Laguna province, Philippines.
Welcome arch to Palayan, Nueva Ecija.
The Tagalog caption (bottom-left) about venom at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco includes words that are uncommonly used in Metro Manila such as "hungkag" (hollow), "sinisila" (prey), "mapanila" (predator), "tibò" (stinger), and "kabatiran" (clue/knowledge/discernment).
Distribution of Tagalog dialects in the Philippines. The color-schemes represent the four dialect zones of the language: Northern, Central, Southern and Marinduque.
Baybayin Sample 2
The Ten Commandments in Tagalog.
Related pages
References
- ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 2008-01-27. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
- ↑ English, Leo James (1990). "Tagalog, Pilipino". Tagalog-English Dictionary.
Other websites
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Tagalog edition. |
Tagalog at Wikibooks
Filipino phrasebook travel guide from Wikivoyage
Media related to Tagalog language at Wikimedia Commons
