Tagalog language

Tagalog
Tagalog
Wikang Tagalog; ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔
Pronunciation	[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Native to	Philippines
Region	Katagalugan; Metro Manila, Parts of Central Luzon, Calabarzon, and Parts of Mimaropa
Ethnicity	Tagalog
Native speakers	29 million (2023)[1]; 83 million total speakers (2023)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine? Greater Central Philippine Central Philippine Kasiguranin–Tagalog Tagalog; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-Austronesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Philippine Old Tagalog ; ; ;
Standard forms	Filipino;
Dialects	Bataan; Batangas; Bulacan; Lubang; Manila; Marinduque; Puray; Tanay–Paete (Eastern Rizal-Northern Laguna); Tayabas (Quezon);
Writing system	Filipino alphabet (Latin script); Philippine Braille; Baybayin (historically);
Official status
Official language in	Philippines (as Filipino) ASEAN (as Filipino)
Recognised minority; language in	Philippines (as a regional language and an auxiliary official language in the predominantly Tagalog-speaking areas of the Philippines)
Regulated by	Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-1	tl
ISO 639-2	tgl
ISO 639-3	tgl
Glottolog	taga1280 Tagalogic; taga1269 Tagalog-Filipino; taga1270 Tagalog
Linguasphere	31-CKA
	Predominantly Tagalog-speaking regions in the Philippines
	Countries with more than 500,000 speakers Countries with between 100,000–500,000 speakers Countries where it is spoken by minor communities

Tagalog (/təˈɡɑːlɒɡ/, tə-GAH-log;[2] [tɐˈɡaːloɡ]; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority. Its standardized form, officially named Filipino, is the national language of the Philippines, and is one of two official languages, alongside English.

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Tagalog is closely related to other Philippine languages, such as the Bikol languages, the Bisayan languages, Ilocano, Kapampangan, and Pangasinan, and more distantly to other Austronesian languages, such as the Formosan languages of Taiwan, Indonesian, Malay, Hawaiian, Māori, Malagasy, and many more.

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Tagalog
Wikang Tagalog ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔
Pronunciation	[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Native to	Philippines
Region	Katagalugan; Metro Manila, Parts of Central Luzon, Calabarzon, and Parts of Mimaropa
Ethnicity	Tagalog
Native speakers	29 million (2023)[1] 83 million total speakers (2023)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine? Greater Central Philippine Central Philippine Kasiguranin–Tagalog Tagalog
Early forms	Proto-Austronesian Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Philippine Old Tagalog
Standard forms	Filipino
Dialects	Bataan Batangas Bulacan Lubang Manila Marinduque Puray Tanay–Paete (Eastern Rizal-Northern Laguna) Tayabas (Quezon)
Writing system	Filipino alphabet (Latin script) Philippine Braille Baybayin (historically)
Official status
Official language in	Philippines (as Filipino) ASEAN (as Filipino)
Recognised minority language in	Philippines (as a regional language and an auxiliary official language in the predominantly Tagalog-speaking areas of the Philippines)
Regulated by	Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`tl`
ISO 639-2	`tgl`
ISO 639-3	`tgl`
Glottolog	`taga1280` Tagalogic `taga1269` Tagalog-Filipino `taga1270` Tagalog
Linguasphere	`31-CKA`
Predominantly Tagalog-speaking regions in the Philippines
Countries with more than 500,000 speakers Countries with between 100,000–500,000 speakers Countries where it is spoken by minor communities