Tagalog people
The Tagalog people (Tagalog: Mga Tagalog) are the largest single ethnic, linguistic, and cultural group and community in the Philippines. An Austronesian people, the Tagalog people are local natural born in Metro Manila and Calabarzon regions of southern Luzon. They include the majority of people in the provinces of Bulacan, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, and Aurora in the Central Luzon region and in the islands of Marinduque and Oriental Mindoro/Occidental Mindoro in Mimaropa regions.
Katagalugan Lahing Tagalog | |
|---|---|
 A maginoo (nobility) couple, both wearing blue-colored clothing articles (blue being the distinctive color of their class), c. 16th century. | |
| Total population | |
| 28,273,666 (2020 census)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Philippines(Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Central Luzon, Mimaropa) | |
| Languages | |
| Tagalog (Filipino), English | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity (mostly Catholic), minority Islam, Buddhism, Anitism (Tagalog religion) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Filipino ethnic groups, other Austronesian peoples |
Speakers
They mainly use and speak the Tagalog language as their native and first language, all before they learn the English language through international and national mass media and through education in schools, and the Filipino language but through national mass media, education in schools and through communicating with other Filipinos in the Philippines that are not Tagalog people and who also learned the Filipino as a second language through national mass media, education in schools and through communicating with other Filipinos in the Philippines who also learned the same language.
Tagalog People Media
Tagalogs are shown in red in this map.
Tagalogs, like other lowland coastal Philippine communities, engaged in trade elsewhere in Southeast Asia and beyond for millennia
The Laguna Copperplate Inscription is the oldest record of Tagalog polities and their syncretic beliefs and culture with Hindu-Buddhism
A map of the Tagalog polities around modern-day Metro Manila by 1570.
Flag used during the Philippine Revolution which is mainly used by the Tagalog revolutionaries.
Andrés Bonifacio, one of the founders of Katipunan.
Sinigang, a popular Filipino stew originating from the Tagalogs, is commonly served in many variations throughout the country.
Costume typical of a family belonging to the Principalía wearing barong tagalog and baro't saya
References
- ↑ "Ethnicity in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing)". Philippine Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on July 20, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2023.