Tagalog language

Tagalog^[3] is one of the main or major local and regional languages in the Philippines, and it is "in practice" but not "according to the law" the basis, foundation or core of the current national language and one of the two official languages of the Philippines, which is named, declared, and called the Filipino language. More than 22 million people speak Tagalog as their first language.

Tagalog
Wikang Tagalog
Native to	Philippines
Region	Katagalugan or Central to Southern Luzon; or in Metro Manila, Parts of Central Luzon, Most of Calabarzon, Parts of Mimaropa, and Northwestern Bicol
Ethnicity	Tagalog people
Native speakers	28 million (2007)[1] 96% of the Philippines can speak Tagalog (2000)[2]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Central Philippine Tagalog
Standard forms	Filipino
Dialects	Bataan Batangas Bulacan Lubang Manila Marinduque Tanay–Paete Tayabas
Writing system	Latin (Abakada/Filipino); Baybayin (Revitalizing)
Official status
Official language in	Philippines (in the form of Filipino)
Recognised minority language in	Philippines (as a regional language and an auxiliary official language in the predominantly Tagalog-speaking areas)
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, especially in the form of Filipino.

Tagalog was originally spoken by the Tagalog people in the Philippines, who were mainly in most of the central and southern parts of Luzon, the northern island chain of the Philippines.

Today, Tagalog is spoken nationwide and used by other Filipinos as a second language and by most Filipinos from different parts of the Philippines to understand one another.

The Filipino language is a language that continues to undergo evolution and development from the Pilipino language since 1987. It has more influences from the other languages of the Philippines and foreign languages than the core Tagalog language.

The Pilipino language since 1959 has been the final official name of the former or previous official and national language of the Philippines. It is one of the two official languages of the Philippines, with English being the other.

Filipino originally was used with an abugida writing system, Baybayin, but the Latin alphabet is now used, especially the former or previous abakada (type of alphabet), which ahd 25 letters and the current Filipino alphabet, which has 28 letters.

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?

Related pages

• Tagalog Wikipedia